omnivorous
/ɒmˈnɪvərəs/adjective
उच्चारण ऑम्निवरस
सर्वाहारी
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technical
(of an animal) eating all types of food, especially both plants and meat
सर्वाहारी
- Bears and humans are omnivorous.
- Pigs are omnivorous, so they eat roots, grain and even small insects.
- Crows are omnivorous birds that eat grain, insects and scraps.
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- Human beings are omnivorous by nature.
- The omnivorous rat can survive almost anywhere in the city.
Synonyms all-eating eating everything
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formal
having wide interests in a particular area or activity
सब कुछ पढ़ने या जानने वाला
- an omnivorous reader
- Radhika is an omnivorous reader and picks up everything from poetry to physics.
- As an omnivorous reader, he finished a thick novel every week.
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- She has an omnivorous appetite for history, art and music.
- An omnivorous student of languages, Arjun learnt four in five years.
Synonyms voracious eclectic wide-ranging indiscriminate
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“Collocations, idioms and sayings
An omnivorous reader (one who reads everything).
Collocation 'an omnivorous reader' (सब कुछ पढ़ने वाला)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: an animal that eats both plants and meat is omnivorous (an omnivore); one that eats only meat carnivorous; only plants herbivorous; insects insectivorous; dead animals a scavenger; fruit frugivorous.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: पौधे और मांस दोनों खाने वाला जीव omnivorous (omnivore, सर्वाहारी); केवल मांस खाने वाला carnivorous; केवल पौधे herbivorous; कीड़े insectivorous; मृत जीव scavenger; फल frugivorous।