omnivore
pronunciation
How to pronounce omnivore in British English:
UK [ˈɒmnɪvɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce omnivore in American English:
US [ˈɑmnɪvɔ(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person who eats all kinds of foods
- an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
Word Origin
- omnivore (n.)
- 1890, formed from omni- on model of carnivore (see omnivorous).
Example
- 1. But I don 't care if you 're an omnivore .
- 2. Noisy omnivore found in trees and bushes in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere .
- 3. The cat is considered by scientists to be a strict carnivore and the dog is considered to be an omnivore .
- 4. Since people started to domesticate what was once a wild omnivore , the importance of feeding a sensible , correctly-balanced nutritious diet has become increasingly apparent .
- 5. The mandarin duck is an omnivore that feeds on algae , watercress , central formosan toad , sauteris frog , and seeds of the polygonacear family and fagaceae family .