Word of the Day:
omnivore
What It Means
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.
Did You Know?
From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.
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