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omnivore

UK/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/US/ˈɑmnɪvɔɹ/
nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: omnivores

An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and meat. Humans are omnivores.

The teeth give it away, since an omnivore has both cutting and grinding ones. Being an omnivore is why a species can survive almost anywhere, and why rats and pigs went everywhere people did.

See above. Compilation by AnthroBit · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of omnivore

  1. 1nounomnivoreAn animal that eats both plants and meat.B2

    “A bear is an omnivore and will eat berries all autumn.”

omnivore is an animal.

Where it comes from

Latin omnivorus, from omnis, all, and vorare, to devour.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *h₃ep-

  2. Latin

    omnivorus

  3. English, today

    omnivore

From the Latin omnivorus. by surface analysis, omni- + -vore.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Dinosaurs & Prehistory

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omnivore in the wild

  • As omnivores, humans have a variety of food choices.

    The Omnivore's Dilemma

  • An omnivore () is an animal that eats both plant and animal matter.

    Omnivore

  • Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutrients and energy of the sources absorbed.

    Omnivore

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.