Definition of animal

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Animal (a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food..

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Maize :: Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals..
Ham :: Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking..
Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..
Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..
Zoomorphism :: Zoomorphism (n.) The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament..
Apode :: Apode (n.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
Creephole :: Creephole (n.) A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger..
Saprophyte :: Saprophyte (n.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe..
Steal :: Steak (v. t.) A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak..
Animal :: Animal (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions..
Hole :: Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball..
Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast..
Chlorophyll :: Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals..
Fossil :: Fossil (n.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living..
Colt :: Colt (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal..
Statured :: Stature (n.) The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Core :: Core (n.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
Dwarfish :: Dwarfish (a.) Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub..
Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..
Teat :: Teat (n.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
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