Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

omnivorous

Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪv(ə)rəs/

Translate omnivorous | into Spanish
Definition of omnivorous

adjective

  • 1(of an animal or person) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.
  • 2indiscriminate in taking in or using whatever is available:an omnivorous reader

Derivatives

omnivorously

adverb

omnivorousness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin omnivorus + -ous

omnivorous in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of omnivorous in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

synodic

/ sɪˈnɒdɪk /
adjective
relating to or involving the conjunction of celestial objects …