Definition of animal. Meaning of animal. Synonyms of animal

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Definition of animal

Animal
Animal 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.
Animal
Animal 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:

Meaning of animal from wikipedia

- animals are multicellular , eukaryotic organism s of the kingdom animalia or metazoa. their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they
- a.n.i.m.a.l. (acosados nuestros indios murieron al luchar) (meaning harassed, our indians died while fighting) was a groove metal band
- animal! is the second full-length album chosen and released by margot & the nuclear so and so's , the first on epic records .
- animal rights is the idea that some or all nonhuman animal s are entitled to the possession of their own lives, and that their most basic
- animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments
- terrestrial animals are animal s that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cat s, ant s, emu s), as compared with aquatic animal s
- occasionally spelled zoölogy, is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology ,
- animal husbandry is the dynamic set of relationships between humans and animals, in which qualities considered to be advantageous to humans
- the animals were an english band of the 1960s, formed in newcastle upon tyne during the early part of the decade. the band moved to
- it is a social animal , travelling in nuclear families consisting of a mated pair , accompanied by the pair's adult offspring.
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