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The definition of omnivorous is feeding on both plants and meat or taking anything available.

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A person who eats both vegetables and meat is an example of someone who is omnivorous.

See omnivorous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

Origin: L omnivorus: see omni- & -vorous

Related Forms:

omnivorously adverb
omnivorousness noun

See omnivorous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Eating both animal and vegetable foods.
Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin omnivorus

Origin: : omni-, omni-

Origin: + -vorus, -vorous

Related Forms:

om·nivˈo·rous·ly adverb

om·nivˈo·rous·ness noun

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