omnivorous
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om·niv·o·rous
(ŏm-nĭv′ər-əs)adj.
1. Eating food of any kind, including animals and plants.
2. Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.
[From Latin omnivorus : omni-, omni- + -vorus, -vorous.]
om·niv′o·rous·ly adv.
om·niv′o·rous·ness n.
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omnivorous
(ɒmˈnɪvərəs)adj
1. (Zoology) eating food of both animal and vegetable origin, or any type of food indiscriminately
2. taking in or assimilating everything, esp with the mind
[C17: from Latin omnivorus all-devouring, from omni- + vorāre to eat greedily]
omˈnivorously adv
omˈnivorousness n
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om•niv•o•rous
(ɒmˈnɪv ər əs)adj.
1. feeding on both animals and plants.
2. eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.
3. taking in everything, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.
om•niv′o•rous•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | omnivorous - feeding on both plants and animals carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" herbivorous - feeding only on plants insectivorous - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
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omnivorous
adjectiveHaving an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit:
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[ɒmˈnɪv/ərəs] adj → onnivoro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
om·niv·o·rous
a. omnívoro-a, que come alimentos de origen vegetal y animal.
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