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animal
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Synonyms Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)The fish , animals , and birds which may be found at the site are another interest . Animals may be present at the site or provide hunting in nearby areas . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)In most cases we recognize certain words , persons , animals or objects . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Life is further characterized , in antithesis to Piepsam , as animal : the image of a dog , which appears at several places , is first given as the criterion of amiable , irrelevant interest aroused by life considered simply as a spectacle : a dog in a wagon is `` admirable '' , `` a pleasure to contemplate '' ; another wagon has no dog , and therefore is `` devoid_of interest '' . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)Much new equipment and many unique techniques have been developed for the quantitative exposure of experimental animals to aerosols of infectious agents contained in particles of specified dimensional characteristics . Related terms life_form game female young male larva giant adult prey mate pet survivor domestic_animal captive mutant racer dead_animal vermin fictional_animal range_animal acrodont pleurodont insectivore molter chordate stayer scavenger creepy-crawly marine_animal ectotherm peeper critter zooplankton omnivore invertebrate metazoan herbivore predator work_animal varmint thoroughbred biped migrator stunt embryo darter Animalia head face animal_tissue body side adult microorganism trap free-swimming wart unregistered clipped humaneness herding registered nose diet actinomycete domesticate trailing sitter transmitter schistosome_dermatitis hispid sacrifice flesh-eating domesticate crested crop plant-eating epizootic insectivorous bone-covered half-blooded stander drench all-devouring bone animalize |
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[ adjective ] of the appetites and passions of the body
Examples "animal instincts" "carnal knowledge" "fleshly desire" "a sensual delight in eating" "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished , so most notably in the statement : `` If the [ Holy ] Spirit is absent from the soul , such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; and , being left carnal , he will be an imperfect being , possessing the image [ of God ] in his formation , but not receiving the similitude [ of God ] through the Spirit '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals
Examples "the animal kingdom" "animal instincts" "animal fats" Related terms mineral vegetable animallike horselike cranelike insectlike birdlike fishlike |
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