omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈni-v(ə-)rəs 
1
: feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivorous animals
2
: avidly taking in everything as if devouring or consuming
an omnivorous reader
omnivorous curiosity
omnivorously
adverb
Examples of omnivorous in a Sentence
She is an omnivorous reader.
a child with omnivorous curiosity
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Unsurprisingly, the omnivorous writer (think: novels, memoirs, plays, biographies, and essays) has won plenty of accolades himself, most notably the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement award.
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Subsequently, the researchers compared the mother's diet with those of other carnivorous and omnivorous animals that lived around the same period, such as American lions, bears and wolves.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The ancestors of early dinosaurs were small and omnivorous, and were far outnumbered by other vertebrates.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
Climate changes during the period underwrote a vegetation boom that provided some previously omnivorous dinosaur lineages with enough green food to begin specializing on eating plants.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Subsequently, the researchers compared the mother's diet with those of other carnivorous and omnivorous animals that lived around the same period, such as American lions, bears and wolves.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The ancestors of early dinosaurs were small and omnivorous, and were far outnumbered by other vertebrates.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
Climate changes during the period underwrote a vegetation boom that provided some previously omnivorous dinosaur lineages with enough green food to begin specializing on eating plants.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Omnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omnivorous. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈniv-(ə-)rəs
: feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
Medical Definition
omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈniv-(ə-)rəs
: eating both animal and plant matter
omnivorously
adverb
omnivorousness
noun
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