Definition of animal

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Animal (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals..

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Divaricate :: Divaricate (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc..
Nidorous :: Nidorous (a.) Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter..
Bear :: Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear..
Coryphodon :: Coryphodon (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant..
Speaking :: Speaking (a.) Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube..
Mop :: Mop (n.) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet..
Pulp :: Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
Couped :: Couped (a.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased..
Median :: Median (a.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts..
Amphibiology :: Amphibiology (n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Young :: Young (n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively..
Zone :: Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth..
Tump :: Tump (v. t.) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed..
Hypothenar :: Hypothenar (a.) Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence..
Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..
Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Track :: Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow..
Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..
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