Definition of Animal
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
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(a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
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(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.
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(a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Antonyms of Animal
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Homophones of Animal
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