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Recent Examples of omnivore
That’s largely because these bears are omnivores with a preference for plants.
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Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 11 Feb. 2026
And having active skunks in your area is a good thing — these small, striped omnivores make good neighbors.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2026
Their spectrum still ranges from pure carnivores to pure herbivores, with most bears today being omnivores.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
As opportunistic omnivores, bears help control populations of small mammals and insects.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 11 Feb. 2026
And having active skunks in your area is a good thing — these small, striped omnivores make good neighbors.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2026
Their spectrum still ranges from pure carnivores to pure herbivores, with most bears today being omnivores.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
As opportunistic omnivores, bears help control populations of small mammals and insects.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnivore
Noun
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Birds also have a beak and no teeth, and that doesn’t stop an eagle from being a carnivore.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026
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Nagatitan would have lived with smaller plant-eating dinosaurs, including iguanodontians, some cousins of the Triceratops called ceratopsians, as well as large carnivores, and flying pterosaurs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The animal first gained attention after a local farmer noticed the resemblance.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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New World screwworm, which burrows into the flesh of living animals, is a pest that can affect livestock and cause economic losses in the agricultural sector.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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“Omnivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnivore. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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