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animal

animal

1.0
A living creature that eats plants or other animals and can move
  • noun
  • /ˈænɪməl/
translation icon : 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

64 1.0

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

22 1.0

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

animal kingdom
  • Specialized
16 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
8 4.0

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

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

5 2.6

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

A natural charm that makes other people like and notice someone

4 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

domesticated animal
  • Specialized
2 1.1

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

animal husbandry
  • Specialized
2 4.2

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

2 3.5

An animal that carries loads, like a mule or donkey

2 6.4

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

1 2.0

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

1 1.0

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

animal tissue
  • Specialized
1 2.9

Body parts of an animal that are groups of similar cells

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food

spirit animal
  • Literature
1 7.0

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

1 3.9

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

A sickness that affects animals and not humans

animal virus
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A virus that infects animals, not plants or bacteria

1 7.5

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

Sending information between animals using sounds, gestures, or smells

1 5.0

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

1 2.8

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

caprine animal
  • Specialized
7.9

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

animal black
  • Archaic
9.9

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

animal charcoal
  • Specialized
7.5

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

Where animals live in different parts of the world

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

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

Fibers from animals used to make cloth like wool or silk

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

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

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

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

animal pigment
  • Specialized
4.5

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

animal order
  • Specialized
5.8

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

animal psychology
  • Specialized
4.4

A study of how animals act and think

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

animal starch
  • Archaic
5.6

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

animal stuffer
  • Archaic
9.9

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

animal toxin
  • Specialized
4.7

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

Treating animals as sacred beings in religion

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

moss animal
  • Specialized
9.9

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

range animal
  • Specialized
5.1

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

A place where injured wild animals get care and recover safely

How Complex

human
1.0
animal
1.0
lifeform
5 3.7
multicellular
  • Specialized
3 4.3
microorganism
  • Specialized
20 5.1
single-celled
  • Specialized
8 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.