Meaning

1 senses
  1. An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

    Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.

    Allesfresser, Omnivore

    всея́дныйvsejádnyj

    an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Hedgehogs are omnivores.

    Їжаки всеядні. — deniko

    deIgel sind Allesfresser. — Waldelfe

  2. The brown bear is an omnivore.

    ruБурый медведь всеяден. — marafon

    deDer Braunbär ist ein Allesfresser. — Adelpa

  3. Dung beetles prefer omnivore dung to herbivore dung.

  4. Some animals are herbivores, whereas other ones are carnivores or omnivores.

  5. I am an omnivore.

    ruЯ всеядный. — Selena777

    deIch bin ein Allesfresser. — Manfredo

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
animal eating both plants and meat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
animal eating both plants and meat:

Origin

From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.

From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.

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Forms

plural: omnivores
Singularomnivore
Pluralomnivores

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
omnivore — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto