Both Uses of
omnivorous
in
Catch-22
- He could almost see them waiting on the other side of the canvas wall, bunched up expectantly like a pack of greedy, gloating omnivorous beasts of prey, ready with their barbaric mirth and jeers to pounce on him brutally the moment he reappeared.†
Chpt 25 *
- She tried to bite him cruelly, her coarse, sensual lips stretched back over her teeth like an enraged omnivorous beast's.†
Chpt 38
Definitions:
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(omnivorous) feeding on both plants and animalsOmnivorous animals (omnivores) are often contrasted to carnivores (meat-eating animals) and herbivores (plant-eating animals).
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus