English > animate being: 1 sense > noun 1, Tops| Meaning | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
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| Synonyms | animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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| Category of | actinomycete | Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales |
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| adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | (of animals) fully developed |
| all-devouring | (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating |
| body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
| bone, debone | Remove the bones from |
| bone-covered | (of animals) armored with bone |
| crested, topknotted, tufted | (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head |
| crop, graze, pasture | Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow |
| diet | The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) |
| domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame | Overcome the wildness of |
| domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
| drench | Force to drink |
| epizootic | (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region |
| flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous | (of animals) carnivorous |
| free-swimming, unattached | (of animals) able to swim about |
| gregarious | (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species |
| half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed | (of animals) having only one purebred parent |
| hispid | (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles |
| humaneness | The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) |
| insectivorous | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
| microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
| nose | The sense of smell (especially in animals) |
| plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous | (of animals) feeding on plants |
| registered | (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized / recognized breed association |
| sacrifice, ritual killing | The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |
| schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch | A sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes |
| side | Either the left or right half of a body |
| sitter | An organism (person or animal) that sits |
| social | tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind |
| stander | An organism (person or animal) that stands |
| trailing, tracking | The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind |
| trap | A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| unregistered | (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association |
| vector, transmitter | Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease |
| wart | Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) |
| Member of | Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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| Parts | face | The part of an animal corresponding to the human face |
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| head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
| Narrower | acrodont | An animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
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| adult | Any mature animal |
| biped | An animal with two feet |
| captive | An animal that is confined |
| chordate | Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column |
| creepy-crawly | An animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) |
| critter | A regional term for 'creature'(especially for domestic animals) |
| darter | A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly |
| domestic animal, domesticated animal | Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
| embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg | An animal organism in the early stages / stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life |
| feeder | An animal that feeds on a particular source of food |
| female | An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) |
| fictional animal | animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) |
| game | animal hunted for food or sport |
| giant | Any creature of exceptional size |
| herbivore | Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants |
| hexapod | An animal having six feet |
| homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm | An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature |
| insectivore | Any organism that feeds mainly on insects |
| invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
| larva | The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
| male | An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) |
| marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature | Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
| mate | The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) |
| metazoan | Any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa |
| migrator | An animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year |
| molter, moulter | An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) |
| mutant | An animal that has undergone mutation / mutation |
| omnivore | An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances |
| peeper | An animal that makes short high-pitched sounds |
| pest | Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. |
| pet | A domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement |
| pleurodont | An animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
| poikilotherm, ectotherm | An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings |
| predator, predatory animal | Any animal that lives by preying on other animals |
| prey, quarry | animal hunted or caught for food |
| racer | An animal that races |
| range animal | Any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
| scavenger | Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter |
| stayer | A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance |
| stunt | A creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth |
| survivor | An animal that survives in spite of adversity / adversity |
| thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood | A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage |
| varmint, varment | Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable |
| work animal | An animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
| young, offspring | Any immature animal |
| zooplankton | animal constituent of plankton |
| Broader | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| Substances | animal tissue | The tissue in the bodies of animals |
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| Spanish | animales, animal, bestia, criatura, fauna, res |
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| Catalan | animal, bèstia, criatura, fauna |
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