Definitions for OMNIVOROUS
ɒmˈnɪv ər əsom·niv·o·rous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. omnivorousadjective

   feeding on both plants and animals

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1. Omnivorousadjective

   All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; an omnivorous intellect.

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1. omnivorousadjective

   Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.

2. omnivorousadjective

   Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

   2003 Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p72:

3. Etymology: From the Latin omni, all and -vore.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Omnivorousadjective

   All-devouring. Dict.

   Etymology: omnis and voro, Lat.

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1. omnivorous

   An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. 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. Often, they have the ability to incorporate food sources such as algae, fungi, and bacteria into their diet.Omnivores come from diverse backgrounds that often independently evolved sophisticated consumption capabilities. For instance, dogs evolved from primarily carnivorous organisms (Carnivora) while pigs evolved from primarily herbivorous organisms (Artiodactyla). Despite this, physical characteristics such as tooth morphology may be reliable indicators of diet in mammals, with such morphological adaptation having been observed in bears.The variety of different animals that are classified as omnivores can be placed into further sub-categories depending on their feeding behaviors. Frugivores include maned wolves and orangutans; insectivores include swallows and pink fairy armadillos; granivores include large ground finches and mice. All of these animals are omnivores, yet still fall into special niches in terms of feeding behavior and preferred foods. Being omnivores gives these animals more food security in stressful times or makes possible living in less consistent environments.

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1. omnivorous

   Omnivorous is a term used to describe animals, including humans, that have a diet consisting of a variety of food types, such as plants, meat, fungi, and algae. These species are capable of consuming and obtaining nutrients from both plant and animal matter. It's derived from Latin, with 'omni' meaning 'all or everything', and 'vorous' meaning 'eating or consuming'.

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1. Omnivorous

   a general feeder upon animal or vegetable food, or both.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OMNIVOROUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OMNIVOROUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of OMNIVOROUS in a Sentence

1. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.

2. Martin Qvarnström:

   Although Silesaurus appears to have ingested numerous individuals of Triamyxa coprolithica, the beetle was likely too small to have been the only targeted prey, instead, Triamyxa likely shared its habitat with larger beetles, which are represented by disarticulated remains in the coprolites, and other prey, which never ended up in the coprolites in a recognizable shape. So it seems likely that Silesaurus was omnivorous, and that a part of its diet was comprised of insects.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OMNIVOROUS
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=OMNIVOROUS
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Omnivorous
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OMNIVOROUS
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivorous
6. ^ ChatGPT
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7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=OMNIVOROUS