animal animate being beast brute creature fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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 |
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 |
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 |
animal fancier | a person who breeds animals |
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 |
glycogen animal starch | one form in which body fuel is stored, stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body |
animal fiber animal fibre | fiber derived from animals |
animal toxin zootoxin | a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals |
animal(a) carnal fleshly sensual | 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 |
sacrificial | used in or connected with a sacrifice, sacrificial lamb |