omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈni-v(ə-)rəs 
1
: feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivorous animals
2
: avidly taking in everything as if devouring or consuming
an omnivorous reader
omnivorous curiosity
omnivorously
adverb
Examples of omnivorous in a Sentence
She is an omnivorous reader.
a child with omnivorous curiosity
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Pandas have strong jaw muscles and specialized molars built for crushing bamboo, yet their digestive system is still more suited to an omnivorous diet.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Guillermo del Toro, who probably isn’t QUITE a modern da Vinci but who possesses a similarly omnivorous approach to knowledge, summarizes the artist’s work as well as the thing that Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and McMahon are attempting here.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Their omnivorous or herbivorous lifestyle, the study said, is also present in their teeth, called heterodonty.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the omnivorous writer (think: novels, memoirs, plays, biographies, and essays) has won plenty of accolades himself, most notably the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement award.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Guillermo del Toro, who probably isn’t QUITE a modern da Vinci but who possesses a similarly omnivorous approach to knowledge, summarizes the artist’s work as well as the thing that Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and McMahon are attempting here.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Their omnivorous or herbivorous lifestyle, the study said, is also present in their teeth, called heterodonty.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the omnivorous writer (think: novels, memoirs, plays, biographies, and essays) has won plenty of accolades himself, most notably the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement award.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Omnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omnivorous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈniv-(ə-)rəs
: feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
Medical Definition
omnivorous
adjective
om·niv·o·rous
äm-ˈniv-(ə-)rəs
: eating both animal and plant matter
omnivorously
adverb
omnivorousness
noun
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