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omnivore

om·ni·vore [ ómnə vàwr ] (plural om·ni·vores)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. animal that eats anything: an animal that will feed on any type or many different types of food, including both plants and animals.
See also  carnivore (sense 1) herbivore


2. somebody with wide interests: somebody who has wide-ranging and often undiscriminating interests or tastes

[Late 19th century. Via modern Latin Omnivora "omnivores" < Latin omnivorus (see omnivorous)]
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