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an·i·mal  
  Audio Help     /ˈæn ə məl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [an -uh -m uh l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.

2. any such living thing other than a human being.

3. a mammal, as opposed to a fish, bird, etc.

4. the physical, sensual, or carnal nature of human beings; animality: the animal in every person.

5. an inhuman person; brutish or beastlike person: She married an animal.

6. thing: A perfect job? Is there any such animal?

–adjective 7. of, pertaining to, or derived from animals: animal instincts; animal fats.

8. pertaining to the physical, sensual, or carnal nature of humans, rather than their spiritual or intellectual nature: animal needs.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME ( ā ) of animāle, neut. of animālis living, animate, equiv. to anim (a ) air, breath + -ālis -al 1; E adj. also directly animālis ] —Related forms an·i·mal·ic  
  Audio Help     /ˌæn əˈmæl ɪk / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [an- uh -mal -ik ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , an·i·ma·li·an  
  Audio Help     /ˌæn əˈmeɪ li ən, -ˈmeɪl yən / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [an- uh -mey -lee- uh n, - meyl -y uh n] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , adjective —Synonyms 1, 2 . Animal, beast, brute refer to sentient creatures as distinct from minerals and plants; figuratively, they usually connote qualities and characteristics below the human level. Animal is the general word; figuratively, it applies merely to the body or to animal-like characteristics: An athlete is a magnificent animal. Beast refers to four-footed animals; figuratively, it suggests a base, sensual nature: A glutton is a beast. Brute implies absence of ability to reason; figuratively, it connotes savagery as well: a drunken brute. 5 . monster. 8 . fleshly, physical; beastly, brutal. See carnal.

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an·i·mal  
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n.  

A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.
An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.
A human considered with respect to his or her physical, as opposed to spiritual, nature.
A person having a specified aptitude or set of interests: "that rarest of musical animals, an instrumentalist who is as comfortable on a podium with a stick as he is playing his instrument" (Lon Tuck).

adj.  

Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals: animal fat.
Relating to the physical as distinct from the spiritual nature of people: animal instincts and desires.

[Middle English, from Latin, from animāle , neuter of animālis , living , from anima , soul ; see anə- in Indo-European roots.]

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animal  
1398 (but rare before end of 16c., and not in K.J.V.), from L. animale, neut. of animalis "living being, being which breathes," from anima "breath, soul" (see animus ). Drove out the older beast in common usage. Used of brutish humans from 1588. Animal rights is attested from 1879; animal liberation from 1973. Animal magnetism originally (1784) referred to mesmerism (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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animal adjective 1.  marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"  noun 1.  a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
animal 1 [ˈӕniməl] noun
a living being which can feel things and move freely Example: man and other animals

Arabic: مَخْلُوق حَيَواني
Chinese (Simplified): 动物
Chinese (Traditional): 動物
Czech: živočich
Danish: dyr
Dutch: dier
Estonian: loom, elusolend
Finnish: eläin, elävä olento
French: animal
German: das Lebewesen
Greek: ζώο
Hungarian: élőlény
Icelandic: dÿr
Indonesian: hewan
Italian: animale

Japanese: 動物
Korean: (인간을 포함한) 동물
Latvian: dzīvnieks
Lithuanian: gyvūnas
Norwegian: dyr
Polish: zwierzę
Portuguese (Brazil): animal
Portuguese (Portugal): animal
Romanian: ani­mal
Russian: млекопитающее
Slovak: živočích
Slovenian: žival
Spanish: animal
Swedish: levande varelse
Turkish: hayvan

animal 2 [ˈӕniməl] noun
an animal other than man Example: a book on man's attitude to animals; (also adjective) animal behaviour

Arabic: حَيَوان
Chinese (Simplified): 兽
Chinese (Traditional): 獸
Czech: zvíře; zvířecí
Danish: dyr; dyrisk
Dutch: dier; dierlijk
Estonian: loom
Finnish: eläin
French: animal
German: das Tier; Tier-…
Greek: ζώο
Hungarian: állat(i)
Icelandic: dÿr
Indonesian: binatang
Italian: animale

Japanese: 動物
Korean: (인간 이외의)동물; 동물의
Latvian: dzīvnieks; dzīvnieku-; dzīvniecisks
Lithuanian: gyvulys; gyvulių
Norwegian: dyr
Polish: zwierzę
Portuguese (Brazil): animal
Portuguese (Portugal): animal
Romanian: animal
Russian: животное
Slovak: zviera; zvierací
Slovenian: žival; živalski
Spanish: animal
Swedish: djur
Turkish: hayvan

See also: animal eater

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animal  
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Any of the multicellular organisms belonging to the kingdom Animalia. All animals are eukaryotes, with each of their cells having a nucleus containing DNA. Most animals develop from a blastula and have a digestive tract, nervous system, the ability to move voluntarily, and specialized sensory organs for recognizing and responding to stimuli in the environment. Animals are heterotrophs, feeding on plants, other animals, or organic matter. The first animals probably evolved from protists and appeared during the Precambrian Era.

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an·i·mal ( n-m l) n. A multicellular organism with membranous cell walls of the kingdom Animalia, differing from
plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.
An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal. A human considered with respect to his or her physical, as opposed to spiritual, nature. adj.
Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals. Relating to the physical as distinct from the spiritual nature of humans.

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Main Entry: 1 an·i·mal Pronunciation: 'an-&-m&l Function: noun 1 : any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things
including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the
capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid
motor response to stimulation 2 a : one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings b : MAMMAL ; broadly : VERTEBRATE

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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Main Entry: 2 animal Function: adjective 1 : of, relating to, or derived from animals 2 : of or relating to the animal pole of an
egg or to the part from which ectoderm normally develops

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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Animal An"i*mal\, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. 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 motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity. 2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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Animal An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. 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 . See Magnetism and Mesmerism . Animal electricity , the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. Animal flower (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. Animal spirits . See under Spirit . Animal kingdom , the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: Vertebrata , including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata , including the Thaliacea , and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa , including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). Helminthes or Vermes , including Rotifera, Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea , including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca , including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata , including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. C[oe]lenterata , including Anthozoa or Polyps , Ctenophora , and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera , including the sponges. Protozoa , including Infusoria and Rhizopoda . For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.

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Animal
an organized living creature endowed with sensation. The Levitical law divided animals into clean and unclean, although the distinction seems to have existed before the Flood (Gen. 7:2). The clean could be offered in sacrifice and eaten. All animals that had not cloven hoofs and did not chew the cud were unclean. The list of clean and unclean quadrupeds is set forth in the Levitical law (Deut. 14:3-20; Lev. 11).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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{{Taxobox
| color = # name = Animals fossil_range = Ediacaran or earlier - Recent image =
| Animalia diversity.jpg image_width = 250px image_caption = Clockwise from top-
| left: [[European Squid|Loligo vulgaris]] (a mollusk), [[sea nettle|Chrysaora
| quinquecirrha]] (a cnidarian), [[Aphthona flava]] (an arthropod),
| [[Nereis|Eunereis longissima]] (an annelid), and [[tiger|Panthera tigris]] (a
| chordate). domain = Eukaryota unranked_regnum = Opisthokonta regnum =
| 'Animalia' regnum_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision_ranks = Phyla
| subdivision =
* 'Subkingdom Parazoa ** Porifera
* 'Subkingdom Eumetazoa **Placozoa ** 'Radiata (unranked)' *** Ctenophora ***
Cnidaria ** 'Bilateria (unranked)' *** Orthonectida *** Rhombozoa ***
Acoelomorpha *** Chaetognatha *** 'Superphylum [[Deuterostome|Deuterostomia]]'
**** Chordata **** Hemichordata **** Echinodermata **** Xenoturbellida ****
Vetulicolia † *** 'Protostomia (unranked)' **** 'Superphylum [[Ecdysozoa]]'
***** Kinorhyncha ***** Loricifera ***** Priapulida ***** Nematoda *****
Nematomorpha ***** Lobopodia † ***** Onychophora ***** Tardigrada *****
Arthropoda **** 'Superphylum [[Platyzoa]]' ***** Platyhelminthes *****
Gastrotricha ***** Rotifera ***** Acanthocephala ***** Gnathostomulida *****
Micrognathozoa ***** Cycliophora **** 'Superphylum [[Lophotrochozoa]]' *****
Sipuncula ***** Hyolitha † ***** Nemertea ***** Phoronida ***** Bryozoa
***** Entoprocta ***** Brachiopoda ***** Mollusca ***** Annelida ***** Echiura
}}

'Animals' are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the
kingdom 'Animalia' or 'Metazoa'. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as
they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their
life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and
independently. Animals are also heterotrophs, meaning they must ingest other
organisms for sustenance.

Most known animal phyla appeared in the fossil record as marine species during
the Cambrian explosion, about 542 million years ago.