Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.

    allfressend

    всея́дныйvsejádnyj

    всеї́днийvsejídnyj

  2. (figuratively)Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

  3. (figuratively)All-consuming.

  4. Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.

More definitions
  • feeding on both plants and animals

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Hedgehogs are omnivorous.

    Їжаки всеядні. — deniko

    ruЕжи всеядны. — Selena777

    deIgel sind Allesfresser. — Waldelfe

  2. How many omnivorous children are patients in hospital?

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  3. The wolverine is omnivorous.

    ruРосомахи всеядны. — Vixen96

  4. This is an omnivorous species.

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  5. It is an omnivorous species.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food:
Русский
By meaning 1
having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food:

Forms

more omnivorous, most omnivorous
Comparativemore omnivorous Lesson
Superlativemost omnivorous Lesson

regular

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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