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omnivorous definition

om·nivo·rous (äm niv′ə rəs)

adjective

  1. eating any sort of food, esp. both animal and vegetable food
  2. taking in everything indiscriminately, as with the intellect an omnivorous reader

Etymology: L omnivorus: see omni- & -vorous

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