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omnivorous

ADJ ที่ กิน ทุกสิ่งทุกอย่าง  ti-kin-tuk-sing-tuk-yang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OMNIVOROUS

a.[L. omnivorus; omnis, all, and voro, to eat. ] All-devouring; eating every thing indiscriminately.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OMNIVOROUS

Om *niv "o *rous, a. Etym: [L. omnivorus; omnis all + vorate to eat greedily. See Voracious. ]

 

Defn: All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zoöl.), eating both animal and vegetable food. -- Om *niv "o *rous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

omnivorous

om niv o rous |ämˈniv (ə )rəs ɑmˈnɪv (ə )rəs | adjective (of an animal or person ) feeding on food of both plant and animal origin. taking in or using whatever is available: an omnivorous reader. DERIVATIVES om niv o rous ly adverb, om niv o rous ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin omnivorus + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

omnivorous

omnivorous |ɒmˈnɪv (ə )rəs | adjective 1 (of an animal or person ) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin. 2 indiscriminate in taking in or using whatever is available: an omnivorous reader. DERIVATIVES omnivorously adverb, omnivorousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin omnivorus + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

omnivorous

omnivorous adjective 1 most duck species are omnivorous: able to eat anything, having a mixed /varied diet; rare omnivorant. 2 an omnivorous reader: of varied tastes, undiscriminating, indiscriminate, unselective.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

omnivorous

omnivorous adjective 1 most duck species are omnivorous: eating a mixed /varied diet, able to eat anything, all-devouring; rare pantophagous, pamphagous, pantophagic, omnivorant. 2 David was an omnivorous reader: undiscriminating, indiscriminate, unselective, uncritical.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

omnivorous

om niv o rous /ɑmnɪ́v (ə )rəs |ɔm- /形容詞 1 生物 〈動物が 〉雑食性の .2 かたく 〈人が 〉何にでも興味のある ; どんな本でも読む .