| a. | 1. | All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; |
| 2. | (Zool.) Eating both animal and vegetable food. |
| Adj. | 1. | omnivorous - feeding on both plants and animals Antonyms: 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 |
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