animal
animate being
beast
brute
creature
fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| circus | a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, the children always love to go to the circus |
| threeing circus | a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings |
| circus carnival | a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment, it was so funny it was a circus, the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere |
| animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals |
zoolatry
animal-worship | the worship of animals |
Animalia
kingdom Animalia
animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
| range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
| work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
| draft animal | an animal used for pulling heavy loads |
pack animal
sumpter | an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads |
domestic animal
domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
marine animal
marine creature
sea animal
sea creature | any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
| animal virus | an animal pathogen that is a virus |
| animal order | the order of animals |
Circus
genus Circus | a genus of haws comprising the harriers |
marsh harrier
Circus Aeruginosus | Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions |
Montagu's harrier
Circus pygargus | brownish European harrier |
marsh hawk
northern harrier
hen harrier
Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
livestock
stock
farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
predator
predatory animal | any animal that lives by preying on other animals |
animal foot
foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
bryozoan
polyzoan
sea mat
sea moss
moss animal | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles, attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding |
goat
caprine animal | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns |
| fictional animal | animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) |
| animal leg | the leg of an animal |
| circus | an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent, they used the elephants to help put up the circus |
| circus | (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games |
circus tent
big top
round top
top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
animality
animal nature | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
bewitchery
beguilement
animal magnetismb | magnetic personal charm |
| animal tissue | the tissue in the bodies of animals |
comparative psychology
animal psychology | the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals |
| animal communication | communication between animals (of the same species) |
| animal group | a group of animals |
| circus | a travelling company of entertainers, including trained animals, he ran away from home to join the circus |
| animal fancier | a person who breeds animals |
| circus acrobat | an acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus |
animal trainer
handler | one who trains or exhibits animals |
taxidermist
animal stuffer
stuffer | a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display |
zoologist
animal scientist | a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals |
| animal disease | a disease that typically does not affect human beings |
bone black
bone char
animal black
animal charcoal | black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone, used as a black pigment |
| animal product | a product made from animal material |
| animal glue | a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses |
| animal oil | any oil obtained from animal substances |
| animal material | material derived from animals |
| animal pigment | pigment occurring in animals |
| animal skin | the outer covering of an animal |
| animal fat | any fat obtained from animals, animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids |