animal.
A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.
Meaning & usage
A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.
Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.
Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans. A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans. A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans. A non-human mammal.
I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.
A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
My students are animals.
A person who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
He's a political animal.
Matter, thing.
a whole different animal
no such animal
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālisnom. Latin animalder. Old French animalbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native English deer (outside puristic usage) in the general animal sense, from Middle English der, deor (“animal”), from Old English dēor, related to German Tier (“animal”), Dutch dier, Danish dyr, Swedish djur etc. Displaced also rother (“horned animal, esp. ox”, now obsolete), from Middle English rother, reother (“a bovine”), from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer.
Of or relating to animals.
animal instincts
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal passions
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
Excellent.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālisbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Latin animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.
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