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Animal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Animal? [n] a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [adj] of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Animal: animallike \| animate being \| beast \| birdlike \| brute \| cranelike \| creature \| fauna \| fishlike \| horselike \| insectlike Related Terms \| Find terms related to Animal: aardvark \| aardwolf \| Adamic \| alpaca \| ammonite \| Angora goat \| animalian \| animalic \| animalistic \| ankylosaur \| anteater \| antelope \| antelope chipmunk \| anthropophagite \| anthropophagous \| aoudad \| apar \| aphrodisiomaniacal \| archaeohippus \| archaeotherium \| archelon \| Arctic fox \| armadillo \| arthrodiran \| ass \| atrocious \| aurochs \| badger \| bandicoot \| barbarian \| barbaric \| barbarous \| bassarisk \| bat \| bawdy \| bear \| beast \| beastlike \| beastly \| beaver \| being \| Belgian hare \| bestial \| bettong \| binturong \| bison \| black bear \| black buck \| black cat \| black fox \| black sheep \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| blue fox \| bobcat \| bodily \| bothriolepis \| brachiosaur \| brontops \| brontothere \| brown bear \| brush deer \| brush wolf \| brutal \| brutalized \| brute \| brutelike \| brutish \| buffalo \| buffalo wolf \| burro \| burro deer \| cachalot \| Caffre cat \| camel \| camelopard \| cannibal \| cannibalistic \| capybara \| carabao \| caribou \| carnal \| carpincho \| cat \| catamount \| cat-a-mountain \| cattalo \| cavy \| chamois \| cheetah \| chevrotain \| chinchilla \| chipmunk \| cinnamon bear \| Circean \| clitoromaniacal \| coarse \| coccostean \| coelodont \| compsognathus \| concupiscent \| coon \| coon cat \| coryphodon \| cotton mouse \| cotton rat \| cotylosaur \| cougar \| cow \| coyote \| coypu \| creature \| creeping thing \| creodont \| critter \| crossopterygian \| crude \| cruel \| cruel-hearted \| cur \| cynodictis \| deer \| deer tiger \| demoniac \| demoniacal \| destroyer \| devilish \| diabolic \| diatryma \| dimetrodon \| dingo \| dinichthyid \| dinothere \| diplodocus \| dirty \| dog \| donkey \| dormouse \| Draconian \| dromedary \| duck-billed dinosaur \| dumb \| dumb animal \| dumb friend \| earthy \| echidna \| edaphosaurid \| eland \| elasmosaur \| elephant \| elk \| ermine \| erotic \| eroticomaniacal \| erotomaniacal \| eryopsid \| eurypterid \| eyra \| fallen \| fallow deer \| fell \| feral \| ferine \| ferocious \| ferret \| field mouse \| fiendish \| fiendlike \| fierce \| fisher \| fitch \| fleshly \| flying phalanger \| foumart \| fox \| fox squirrel \| gazelle \| gemsbok \| genet \| giant sloth \| giraffe \| glutton \| glyptodont \| gnu \| gnu goat \| goat \| goat antelope \| goatish \| gopher \| Goth \| Gothic \| grizzly bear \| gross \| ground squirrel \| groundhog \| guanaco \| guinea pig \| gynecomaniacal \| hadrosaur \| hamster \| hare \| harnessed antelope \| hartebeest \| hedgehog \| hellish \| hippopotamus \| hog \| horny \| horse \| hot \| hound \| hyena \| hyrax \| hysteromaniacal \| ibex \| ill-bred \| impolite \| Indian buffalo \| infernal \| inhuman \| inhumane \| insect \| instinctive \| instinctual \| ithyphallic \| jackal \| jackass \| jackrabbit \| jaguar \| jaguarundi \| jerboa \| jerboa kangaroo \| kaama \| kangaroo \| kangaroo mouse \| kangaroo rat \| karakul \| kinkajou \| kit fox \| koala \| Kodiak bear \| lapin \| lapsed \| lascivious \| lecherous \| lemming \| leopard \| leopard cat \| lewd \| libidinous \| lickerish \| lion \| living being \| living thing \| llama \| lubricious \| lustful \| lynx \| mammal \| mammoth \| man-eater \| mara \| marmot \| marten \| mastodon \| material \| materialistic \| meerkat \| mindless \| mink \| mole \| mongoose \| mongrel \| monster \| moose \| mouflon \| mountain goat \| mountain lion \| mountain sheep \| mouse \| mule \| mule deer \| muntjac \| murderous \| musk deer \| musk hog \| musk-ox \| muskrat \| musquash \| Neanderthal \| nihilist \| nilgai \| noncivilized \| nonrational \| nonspiritual \| nutria \| nymphomaniacal \| obscene \| ocelot \| okapi \| onager \| oont \| opossum \| organism \| orgiastic \| otter \| ounce \| outlandish \| ox \| pack rat \| painter \| palaeodictyopteron \| palaeoniscid \| palaeophis \| palaeosaur \| palaeospondylus \| panda \| pangolin \| panther \| peccary \| peludo \| pelycosaur \| phalanger \| physical \| phytosaur \| pig \| pine mouse \| platypus \| plesiosaur \| pocket gopher \| pocket mouse \| pocket rat \| polar bear \| polar fox \| polecat \| porcupine \| possum \| postlapsarian \| pouched rat \| poyou \| prairie dog \| prairie wolf \| priapic \| primitive \| pronghorn \| protoceratops \| protylopus \| prurient \| pteranodon \| pteraspid \| pterichthys \| pterodactyl \| pterosaur \| puma \| rabbit \| raccoon \| randy \| rat \| red deer \| red squirrel \| reindeer \| reptile \| rhinoceros \| roe \| roe deer \| roebuck \| rough-and-ready \| rude \| ruthless \| sable \| sadistic \| salacious \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| satanic \| satyric \| sauropod \| savage \| scelidosaur \| sensual \| serpent \| serval \| sexual \| sexy \| shark \| sharkish \| sheep \| shrew \| shrew mole \| sika \| silver fox \| skunk \| slavering \| sloth \| smilodon \| snake \| snowshoe rabbit \| springbok \| squirrel \| stoat \| subhuman \| suslik \| swamp rabbit \| swine \| swinish \| takin \| tamandua \| tamarin \| tapir \| tarpan \| Tartarean \| tatou \| tatou peba \| tatouay \| tiger \| tiger cat \| timber wolf \| titanosaur \| trachodon \| tree shrew \| triceratops \| trilobite \| troglodyte \| troglodytic \| truculent \| tyrannosaur \| uintathere \| unchristian \| uncivil \| uncivilized \| uncombed \| uncouth \| uncultivated \| uncultured \| unhuman \| unkempt \| unlicked \| unpolished \| unrefined \| unspiritual \| untamed \| urus \| vandal \| varmint \| vermin \| vicious \| viper \| Virginia deer \| vole \| wallaby \| warthog \| water buffalo \| waterbuck \| weasel \| wharf rat \| whelp \| whistler \| white fox \| wild \| wild ass \| wild boar \| wild goat \| wild man \| wild ox \| wildcat \| wildebeest \| wolf \| wolfish \| wolverine \| wombat \| wood rat \| woodchuck \| woolly mammoth \| worm \| wrecker \| yak \| zebra \| zebu \| zoic \| zooid \| zooidal \| zoologic \| zoological \| zoril See Also \| acrodont \| adult \| animal kingdom \| animal tissue \| Animalia \| being \| biped \| captive \| caput \| chordate \| conceptus \| creepy-crawly \| critter \| darter \| dead animal \| domestic animal \| embryo \| face \| female \| fertilized egg \| fictional animal \| game \| giant \| head \| herbivore \| insectivore \| invertebrate \| kingdom Animalia \| larva \| male \| marine animal \| mate \| metazoan \| migrator \| molter \| moulter \| mutant \| offspring \| omnivore \| organism \| peeper \| pet \| pleurodont \| predator \| predatory animal \| prey \| pureblood \| purebred \| quarry \| racer \| scavenger \| sea animal \| stayer \| stunt \| survivor \| thoroughbred \| varment \| varmint \| vermin \| work animal \| young \| zooplankton Animal In Webster's Dictionary \An"imal\, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See {Animate}.] 1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity. 2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals. \An"imal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. 2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. 3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. {Animal magnetism}. See {Magnetism} and {Mesmerism}. {Animal electricity}, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. {Animal flower} (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. {Animal heat} (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. {Animal spirits}. See under {Spirit}. {Animal kingdom}, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time:

Animal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Animal?

[n] a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
[adj] of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"

Animal In Webster's Dictionary

\An"i*mal\, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F.
animal. See {Animate}.]
1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the
   power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by
   taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for
   digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking
   oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in
   motive power or active aggressive force with progress to
   maturity.

2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as
   distinguished from man; as, men and animals.


\An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
   distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
   spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

{Animal magnetism}. See {Magnetism} and {Mesmerism}.

{Animal electricity}, the electricity developed in some
   animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.

{Animal flower} (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine
   animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
   sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
   etc.

{Animal heat} (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
   living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
   nearly a uniform temperature.

{Animal spirits}. See under {Spirit}.

{Animal kingdom}, the whole class of beings endowed with
   animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
   these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
   Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
   regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
   writers.

Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
      and the principal classes under them, generally
      recognized at the present time:

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