Usage examples for omnivorous
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Next
to
him,
with
respect
to
this
power
of
vital
resistance,
come
the
omnivorous
animals,
then
the
carnivorous,
and
last
of
all,
the
herbivorous,
in
which
this
faculty
is
very
feeble
indeed.
– On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honoré Bourguignon
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From
such
premisses
as
these-
All
pigs
are
omnivorous,
All
men
are
omnivorous,
it
is
plain
that
nothing
follows.
– Deductive Logic by St. George Stock
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They
were
almost
omnivorous,
and
specially
delighted
in
putrid
or
noisome
substances
from
which
a
European
would
turn
in
loathing,
and
from
the
eating
of
which
he
might
conceivably
die.
– Pioneers in Canada by Sir Harry Johnston