animals
Meaning of animals
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).
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
Information about animals
- It is a name.
- The singular form of animals is: animal.
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Hyphenation of animals
an-i-mals
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- animals is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
animals synonyms
Meaning :
beast, creature, brute, monster, savage
Anagrams of animals
almains, aminals, Ansilma, Lamians, laminas, Malians, Manilas, manilas
Words that rhyme with animals
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