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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Omnivorous  \Om*niv"o*rous\,  a.  [L.  omnivorus;  omnis  all  +  vorate 
  to  eat  greedily.  See  {Voracious}.] 
  All-devouring;  eating  everything  indiscriminately;  as 
  omnivorous  vanity;  esp.  (Zo["o]l.),  eating  both  animal  and 
  vegetable  food.  --  {Om*niv"o*rous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  omnivorous 
  adj  :  feeding  on  both  plants  and  animals  [ant:  {insectivorous},  {carnivorous}, 
  {herbivorous}] 




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