omnivore

[ om-nuh-vawr, -vohr ]

noun

1. someone or something that is omnivorous.
2. an omnivorous animal.

omnivore

/ ˈɒmnɪˌvɔː /

noun

1. an omnivorous person or animal

omnivore

/ ŏm′nə-vôr′ /

1. An organism that eats both plants and animals.

omnivore

1. An animal whose normal diet includes both plants and animals. Human beings and bears, for instance, are omnivores.

Word History and Origins

Origin of omnivore¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from French, from Latin omnivorus “all-devouring”; omnivorous ( def ); noun use modeled on carnivore, herbivore, etc.

Example Sentences

This recipe was designed for omnivores and vegetarians, though, if you make it with cauliflower, it’s actually vegan.

From Washington Post

The data reveal that while the diet of the Shasta ground slothwas exclusively plant-based, Darwin’s ground sloth was an omnivore, Tejada and colleagues report October 7 in Scientific Reports.

From Science News

In just a few years, they have used their culinary chops to win over new customers and entice even the most ravenous omnivores.

From Washington Post

Their fossilized teeth don’t appear to be specialized for dining on flesh or plants, and they may have been omnivores.

From Popular-Science

Beasts were proliferating through the world’s warm forests, diversifying into new forms of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

From Popular-Science

George “The Reaper” Foyet (“Omnivore”)  “The Reaper” made for perhaps the most emotionally draining episode of Criminal Minds yet.

From The Daily Beast

It didn't wipe out the still more primitive ancestor of the omnivore, because it could adapt to changing conditions.

From Project Gutenberg

The interlude with the omnivore provided him with one answer.

From Project Gutenberg

He sat until it was dark and the omnivore resumed its normal activity.

From Project Gutenberg

I guess it could be called an omnivore—now that our clothing is handy, it eats that, too.

From Project Gutenberg

All this might happen—did happen—within a span covered by the lifetime of a single omnivore.

From Project Gutenberg