a. [f. Gr. ἀμφί both + L. -vorus devouring, eating; cf. omnivorous.] Eating both animal and vegetable food; omnivorous.
a. 1870. Mapother, Anim. Phys., 6. Animals, according to their food, may be divided into herbivorous, like the cow; carnivorous, like the lion; and amphivorous, like man.
