omnivorous (redirected from omnivorousness)

om·niv·o·rous  (m-nvr-s)

adj.

1. Eating both animal and vegetable foods.

2. Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

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[From Latin omnivorus : omni-, omni- + -vorus, -vorous.]

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om·nivo·rous·ly adv.

om·nivo·rous·ness n.

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omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪvərəs]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) eating food of both animal and vegetable origin, or any type of food indiscriminately

2. taking in or assimilating everything, esp with the mind

[from Latin omnivorus all-devouring, from omni- + vorāre to eat greedily]

omnivorously  adv

omnivorousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

omnivorous - feeding on both plants and animals carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" herbivorous - feeding only on plants insectivorous - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects

Translations

omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪvərəs] ADJ → omnívoro
she is an omnivorous reader → es una lectora insaciable

omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪvərəs] adj → omnivore

omnivorous

adj (lit) → alles fressend, omnivor (spec); an omnivorous reader → ein Vielfraß m, → was Bücher angeht

omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪv/ərəs] adj → onnivoro/a

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omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪv/ərəs] adj → onnivoro/a