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- Latinomnivorus
- Englishomnivore
From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.
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Afrikaans omnivoor, alleseter
- omnivooranimal eating both plants and meat
- alleseteranimal eating both plants and meat
Arabic حَيَوَان قَارِت, حَيَوَان كَالِش
- حَيَوَان قَارِت (ḥayawān qārit)animal eating both plants and meat
- حَيَوَان كَالِش (ḥayawān kāliš)animal eating both plants and meat
Bulgarian всеядно животно
- всеядно животно (vsejadno životno)animal eating both plants and meat
Catalan omnívor
- omnívoranimal eating both plants and meat
Chinese Mandarin 雜食動物 /杂食动物, 雜食獸 /杂食兽
- 雜食動物 /杂食动物 (záshí dòngwù)animal eating both plants and meat
- 雜食獸 /杂食兽 (záshíshòu)animal eating both plants and meat
Czech všežravec
- všežravecanimal eating both plants and meat
Danish altæder, omnivor
- altæderanimal eating both plants and meat
- omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
Dutch omnivoor, alleseter
- omnivooranimal eating both plants and meat
- alleseteranimal eating both plants and meat
Finnish kaikkiruokainen
- kaikkiruokainenanimal eating both plants and meat
French omnivore
- omnivoreanimal eating both plants and meat
German Allesfresser, Omnivore
- Allesfresseranimal eating both plants and meat
- Omnivoreanimal eating both plants and meat
Greek παμφάγος
- παμφάγος (pamfágos)animal eating both plants and meat
Hindi सर्वाहारी
- सर्वाहारी (sarvāhārī)animal eating both plants and meat
Hungarian mindenevő
- mindenevőanimal eating both plants and meat
Icelandic alæta
- alætaanimal eating both plants and meat
Indonesian omnivor
- omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
Italian onnivoro
- onnivoroanimal eating both plants and meat
Japanese 雑食動物
- 雑食動物 (zasshokudōbutsu)animal eating both plants and meat
Korean 잡식동물
- 잡식동물 (japsikdongmul)animal eating both plants and meat
Latin omnivorum
- omnivorumanimal eating both plants and meat
Lithuanian visaėdis
- visaėdisanimal eating both plants and meat
Malay binatang maserba, haiwan maserba
- binatang maserbaanimal eating both plants and meat
- haiwan maserbaanimal eating both plants and meat
- haiwan omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
- omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
Māori kaikiota
- kaikiotaanimal eating both plants and meat
Norwegian Bokmål alteter, omnivor
- alteteranimal eating both plants and meat
- omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
Persian همهچیزخوار
- همهچیزخوارanimal eating both plants and meat
Polish wszystkożerca
- wszystkożercaanimal eating both plants and meat
Portuguese onívoro
- onívoroanimal eating both plants and meat
Russian всея́дный
- всея́дный (vsejádnyj)animal eating both plants and meat
Spanish omnívoro
- omnívoroanimal eating both plants and meat
Swedish allätare, omnivor
- allätareanimal eating both plants and meat
- omnivoranimal eating both plants and meat
Tagalog tanankain
- tanankainanimal eating both plants and meat
Turkish hepçil
- hepçilanimal eating both plants and meat
Welsh hollysydd
- hollysyddanimal eating both plants and meat
Cite this entry
APA
omnivore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivore
MLA
“omnivore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omnivore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivore.
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