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an·i·mal
 animal
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- pronunciation:
- ae
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- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one of a large group of living things that can move around by themselves to find food. Animals eat plants, funguses, or other animals. Birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, mammals, insects, snails, and worms are some of the major kinds of animals.
Ants, cats, and elephants are all animals.
- synonyms:
- being, creature
- similar words:
- mammal, quadruped, vertebrate
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| definition 2: |
such a creature other than humans.
- synonyms:
- beast, brute
- similar words:
- mammal
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| related words: |
beast, being, organism, pet |
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| derivation: |
animallike (adj.) |
Animal comes from a Latin word that means "a breathing thing."
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behaviors of some animals |
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build, court, crawl, dig, dive, feed, fight, fly, forage, gather, gnaw, hibernate, hide, hop, hunt, mate, migrate, nurse, run, swim, trot, tunnel, walk |
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groups of some animals |
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band, brood, drove, flock, herd, litter, pack, school, swarm, troop |
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parts of some animals |
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antler, blubber, bristle, claw, flipper, fur, hoof, horn, mane, pad, pouch, quill, snout, tail |
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some categories of animals |
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class, family, genera, order, species |
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some examples of animals |
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amphibian, arthropod, bird, crustacean, fish, insect, invertebrate, mammal, mollusk, primate, protozoan, reptile, vertebrate, worm |
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some kinds of animals |
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carnivore, herbivore, insectivore |
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some people associated with animals |
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farmer, fisherman, groom, jockey, naturalist, researcher, trainer, veterinarian |
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some places for animals |
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aquarium, barn, burrow, cage, cave, circus, den, desert, farm, field, forest, hole, home, lair, land, log, mountain, nest, pasture, pen, ranch, refuge, sanctuary, stump, terrarium, underground, water, wood, woods, zoo |
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some things animal eat |
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animals, berries, birds, blood, corn, eggs, fish, flowers, fruit, game, grubs, honey, insects, mammals, plants, pollen, rodents, worms |
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study of animals |
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zoology |
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uses of some animals |
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carrying, clothing, companionship, farming, food, plowing, pulling, riding |
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