earth science c/o carnivore and herbivore

Question

 

 

what is another name used by ecologist for herbivore adn carnivore?

 

 

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Answer 1

An animal that is both an herbivore (plant eater) and a carnivore (meat eater) would be one that eats "everything" so to speak, both plants and meat.  So the prefix that we put in front of "-vore" to indicate an animal that eats both plants and meat is "omni" which means all.  So the term would be omnivore.  This is also more a biological animal classification term, not necessarily ecological.