omnivore
/ˈɒmnɪvɔː
/noun
An animal or person that eats a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.Based on feeding habits, researchers broadly classify ray-finned fishes as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, zooplanktivores and detrivores....
- Ambush foragers typically respond visually to moving prey, but omnivores and herbivores may frequently need to identify immobile plant parts as food.
- In the second part, the herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores are divided into large and small categories for comparison within and between subregions.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, from Latin omnivorus 'omnivorous'.
- proteus
- Proteus syndrome
- Protevangelion
- Protevangelium
- protext
- prothalamium
- prothallial
- prothallial cell
- prothallic
- prothallium
- prothalloid
- prothallus
- protheca
- prothesis
- prothetelic
- prothetelous
- prothetely
- prothetic
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- prothonotarial
- prothonotariat
- prothonotary
- prothonotaryship
- prothonotary warbler