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omnivorous

  • adjective
  • om·niv·o·rous
  • /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/

Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.

Other meanings

  1. Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

  2. Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.

Related words

  • omnivorously
  • omnivorousness

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “omnivorous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.