an·i·mal ( n  -ml)n.1. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure. 2. An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal. 3. A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner. 4. A human considered with respect to his or her physical, as opposed to spiritual, nature. 5. A person having a specified aptitude or set of interests: "that rarest of musical animals, an instrumentalist who is as comfortable on a podium with a stick as he is playing his instrument" Lon Tuck. adj.1. Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals: animal fat. 2. Relating to the physical as distinct from the spiritual nature of people: animal instincts and desires.
[Middle English, from Latin, from anim le, neuter of animlis, living, from anima, soul; see an- in Indo-European roots.] |
animal Noun 1. Zool any living being that is capable of voluntary movement and possesses specialized sense organs 2. any living being other than a human being 3. any living being with four legs 4. a cruel or coarse person 5. Facetious a person or thing: there's no such animal Adjective 1. of or from animals 2. of or relating to physical needs or desires [Latin animalis (adjective) living, breathing]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  animal - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adult - any mature animal giant - any creature of exceptional size survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores" insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | | Adj. | 1. | animal - marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"physical - involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance" |
animal adjective 3. physical, gross, fleshly, bodily, sensual, carnal, brutish, bestial >> prefix zoo- see see, amphibians see see, animals see see, birds see see, dinosaurs see see, fish see see, insects see see, invertebrates see see, mammals see see, reptiles  Translations animal [ˈænɪməl] adj, n → animal m
 animal [ˈænɪməl] n → animal m
 animal [ˈænɪməl] n → Tier nt; adj → tierhaft; (attraction etc) → animalisch
 animal [ˈænɪməl] adj, n → animale m
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