Look up: animal

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   Animal
   An animal is a living creature endowed with voluntary movement.
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   animal
   [adj] - of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals 2. [n] - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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   Animal
   An'i·mal noun [ Latin , from anima breath, soul: confer French animal . See Animate .] 1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in moti ...
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   Animal
   An'i·mal adjective [ Confer French animal .] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. 2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. 3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. Animal magnetism .
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   animal
   1. An organised living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterised by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity. ...
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   animal
   adjective of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; `the animal kingdom`; `animal instincts`; `animal fats`
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   animal
   animate being noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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   Animal
   `Animals` are a major group of multicellular organisms, of the kingdom `Animalia` or `Metazoa`. Their body plan becomes fixed as they develop, usually early on in their development as embryos, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile - they can move spontaneously and independently. Animals are heterotrophs - they are dependent on other organisms (e.g. plants) for sustenance. Most known anim...
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   animal
   (an´ĭ-mәl) a living organism having sensation and the power of voluntary movement and requiring for its existence oxygen and organic food; animals comprise one of the five kingdoms in the most widely used classification of living organisms. any member of the animal kingdom other than a human bei...
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    Animal
    • (a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. • (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. • (a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. • (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or be...
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    animal
    (kingdom Animalia), any of a group of multicellular eukaryotic organisms (i.e., as distinct from bacteria, their deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is ... [63 related articles]
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    animal
    animal 1. An organism of the kingdom Animalia, distinguished from plants by certain characteristics, as the power of locomotion, fixed structure and limited growth, and nonphotosynthetic metabolism. 2. A living organism that is distinguished from plants by independent movement and responsive sense organs. 3. A living being; a member of the higher of t...
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    Animal
    Organisms that belong to the kingdom Animalia. General characteristics of these organisms include: eukaryotic cell type, mitochondria, and a complex nervous system. This group of life includes organisms like sponges, jellyfishes, arthropods (insects, shrimp, and lobsters), mollusks (snails, clams, oysters, and octopuses), fish, amphibians (frogs, ...
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    animal
    An organism belonging to the kingdom Animalia. Animals are multicellular heterotrophs and generally mobile so that they can seek out food. Specialized sense organs allow them to detect changes in their surroundings, while a nervous system processes information from the senses and enables an appropri...
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    animal
    animal, any member of the animal kingdom (kingdom Animalia), as distinguished from organisms of the plant kingdom (kingdom Plantae) and the kingdoms Fungi, Protista, and Monera in the five-kingdom system of classification. (Another classification system, suggested by genetic sequencing studies, plac...
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