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'.
- monostearin
- monostelic
- monostich
- monostichous
- monostomatous
- monostome
- monostrophic
- monostylous
- monosubstituted
- monosubstitution
- monosulcate
- monosulfiram
- monosulphide
- monosulphite
- monosyllabic
- monosyllabically
- monosyllabication
- monosyllabicity
- monosyllabism
- monosyllabize
- monosyllable
- monosymmetric
- monosymmetry
- monosymptomatic
- monosynaptic