omnivorous

[Lat. omnivorus: Fr. omnivore.] [OMNIVORA.] All devouring; eating all and everything. "Under this head may be cla ed the indiscriminate or in the Lower Animals , i. 40. omnivorous appetite of the Patagonians."- Lindsay : Mind Often used figuratively; chiefly in the expres sion, an omnivorous reader=one who devours all kinds of literature. ō-mo-, pref. [Gr.omos=the shoulder.] Anat.: Of or belonging to the shoulder. omo-hyoid, a. Anat.: Connecting the hyoid bone with the shoulder. There is an omo -hyoid muscle.