omnivorous

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English -vorous English omnivorous From omni- + -vorous.

1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
2. Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

   “The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.”

   “He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]”

3. All-consuming.
4. Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.