omnivore

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Mylodon, which lived between 1.8 million and 12,000 years ago, was mainly vegetarian but was also an opportunistic omnivore.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

Acocella was a cultural omnivore, and the menu here is correspondingly eclectic: Dracula, dictionaries, dirty words; Marilynne Robinson, Richard Pryor, Elena Ferrante; Gilgamesh, Beowulf, “Little Women.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024

The average baseline LDL-C level for the vegans was 110.7 mg/dL and 118.5 mg/dL for the omnivore participants; it dropped to 95.5 for vegans and 116.1 for omnivores at the end of the study.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

The aequorea victoria are classed as omnivore, and feed on plankton.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Today, the modern omnivore has almost no culture to fall back on.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan