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animal

animal

∞ 1.0
A living creature that eats plants or other animals and can move
  • noun
  • /ˈænɪməl/
: animal
  • Many animals rely on their natural instincts for survival in the wild.
  • wild animals
  • farm animals
  • plants and animals

OK, so cultivated meat is meat grown from animal cells.

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Examples

  • My field investigates animals whose existence has not yet been proven.

  • I am told you speak to animals... and they understand your words.

  • And these are not animals that have much to say.

  • So if it was a service animal, then big problem.

  • So I think that, you know, the human animal loves.

  • But we look at where the largest animals suffer the most.

  • Where do you come down on animal protein?

  • Her remains, which had been dug up by animals, were combined with the body.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Twenty years I've studied the animal kingdom.

  • I think I could turn and live with animals; they are so placid and self-contained.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

creature
vsanimal
∞ 1.3

A living being such as an animal, not a plant or thing

is a biological more specific term focusing on feeding senses and movement
animalian
vsanimal
  • Archaic
9.9

A living creature like a bird or mammal

is the common modern scientific term for such living organisms

Compounds

83 1.0

An animal that lives in nature and is not kept by people

29 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

animal kingdom
  • Specialized
20 2.5

All animals, living and extinct, that are not plants or fungi

A thing that comes from an animal, like meat, milk, leather or wool

party animal
  • Informal
12 4.0

A person who often goes to parties and likes to have fun

7 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

A person who teaches animals to perform in shows or do work

A natural charm that makes other people like and notice someone

5 2.0

The outer layer of an animal's body that people remove and use for leather or fur

An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale

An animal that people keep and breed to live with them like a cow or dog

animal husbandry
  • Specialized
4 4.2

Breeding and caring for farm animals to raise them for food or work

spirit animal
  • Literature
4 7.0

An animal believed to show a person's character or guide them

3 6.4

An animal from a species with very few living members and at risk of dying out

3 3.5

An animal that carries loads, like a mule or donkey

domesticated animal
  • Specialized
3 1.1

An animal people keep and breed to live with them or help them

3 5.0

Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind

animal tissue
  • Specialized
2 2.9

Body parts of an animal that are groups of similar cells

2 1.0

A living thing that lives in the sea like a fish or whale

2 2.0

A number of animals seen together as one unit, like a herd

Sending information between animals using sounds, gestures, or smells

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food

1 3.9

An animal like a horse or ox that pulls heavy loads on a farm

animal virus
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A virus that infects animals, not plants or bacteria

A sickness that affects animals and not humans

1 7.5

A thing that matches someone's mood or personality, often said jokingly

1 2.8

A trained creature people use to pull and carry heavy loads like horses or oxen

A thing made from animals, like fur, wool, or leather

A person who studies animals' bodies, behaviour, and care

1 3.4

Fat from animals like fish and whales that is used as a liquid for fuel and soap

range animal
  • Specialized
1 5.1

An animal like a horse or cow that lives and eats grass on open land

animal psychology
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A study of how animals act and think

An animal that only appears in stories and myths, not in real life

1 1.0

A part of an animal's body used to stand on and move

1 3.3

Fibers from animals used to make cloth like wool or silk

Where animals live in different parts of the world

animal order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class

1 5.1

A glue that you make by boiling animal skins, bones, or hooves

animal toxin
  • Specialized
1 4.7

A poison that animals make, for example snake or jellyfish venom

1 1.8

The lowest part of an animal's leg used for standing or walking

Treating animals as sacred beings in religion

animal charcoal
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A black material made by burning animal bones used to color things and clean liquids

A person who keeps, breeds, shows, or judges animals, often as a hobby

animal starch
  • Archaic
1 5.6

A form of sugar stored in animal liver and muscles for energy

animal black
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A black material made from burned animal bones used in paint and ink

animal pigment
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A natural material in animals that gives skin, fur, or feathers their color

moss animal
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A small water animal that lives in groups attached to rocks and has a ring of tentacles used for feeding

caprine animal
  • Specialized
7.9

An animal like a goat with straight horns and a beard that climbs rocks

animal stuffer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who fills and shapes animal skins to make them look like living animals for display

A place where injured wild animals get care and recover safely

How Complex

human
805 1.0
animal
∞ 1.0
lifeform
8 3.7
multicellular
  • Specialized
3 4.3
microorganism
  • Specialized
3 5.1
single-celled
  • Specialized
11 4.3

Surface Forms

animal singular
animals plural

Etymology

The word animal comes from the Latin anima, which means 'breath' or 'soul'. So an animal was thought of as a living being that breathes and moves, and today the word means a living creature.