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omnivorous

 [om-niv´ŏ-rus]
eating both plant and animal foods.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

om·niv·o·rous

(om-niv'ŏ-rŭs),
Living on food of all kinds, on both animal and vegetable food.
[L. omnis, all, + voro, to eat]
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omnivorous

(ŏm-nĭv′ər-əs)
adj.
Eating food of any kind, including animals and plants.
om·niv′o·rous·ly adv.
om·niv′o·rous·ness n.
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om·niv·o·rous

(om-niv'ŏ-rŭs)
Living on food of all kinds, on both animal and vegetable food.
[L. omnis, all, + voro, to eat]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

omnivorous

Eating food of both animal and vegetable origin, as in the case of most people.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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