(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:34:46

Om*niv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Omnivorous.] Zool.

A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

 

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