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omnivore

/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/US/ˈɑmnɪvɔɹ/

omnivore noun: an animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

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Noun

omnivore (plural omnivores)

  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.

omnivore meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog

omnivore in Hindi

animal eating both plants and meat
सर्वाहारी sarvāhārī

omnivore in Tamil

அனைத்துண்ணி

omnivore in Malayalam

animal eating both plants and meat
മിശ്രഭുക്ക് miśrabhukkŭ

omnivore in Tagalog

animal eating both plants and meat
tanankain
More languagesFewer languages
omnivore in Arabic
حَيَوَان قَارِت ḥayawān qārit, حَيَوَان كَالِش ḥayawān kāliš
omnivore in Malay
binatang maserba, haiwan maserba, haiwan omnivor, omnivor
omnivore in Indonesian
omnivor
omnivore in Persian
همهچیزخوار

Forms of omnivore

pluralomnivores

Origin of omnivore

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

Words formed from omnivore

Questions about omnivore

What does omnivore mean?
Omnivore means an animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
What is omnivore in Hindi?
Omnivore in Hindi is सर्वाहारी (sarvāhārī). See Omnivore meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is omnivore?
Omnivore is a noun.
How do you pronounce omnivore?
Omnivore is pronounced /ˈɒmnɪvɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of omnivore?
The plural of omnivore is omnivores.

Words near omnivore in the dictionary

  1. omnivident
  2. omnivisible
  3. omnivolent
  4. omnivoracity
  5. omnivorant
  6. omnivore
  7. omnivores
  8. omnivoropteryx
  9. omnivorous
  10. omnivorously
  11. omnivorousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: omnivore (page history and authors); omnivore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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