Definition of "animal"
- noun
In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human being.
In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc).
A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
A person of a particular type.
- adjective
Of or relating to animals.
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
Excellent.
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