animal
Meaning of animal
- 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).
A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
- In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
- A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
My students are animals.
- A person of a particular type.
He's a political animal.
- Matter, thing.
a whole different animal
- 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.
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Information about animal
- The plural form of animal is: animals.
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Hyphenation of animal
an-i-mal
- It consists of 3 syllables and 6 chars.
- animal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
animal synonyms
Meaning carnal:
Meaning animate being:
Meaning :
monster, savage, beastly, bestial, animalistic, untamed, wild
Translation of animal
Anagrams of animal
Almain, almain, aminal, Lamian, lamina, Malian, malian, Malina, Manila, manila
Words that rhyme with animal
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