omnivorous

UK /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/ US /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.

2

Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.

He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

3

All-consuming.

4

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

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