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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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.

Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

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.

Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

A living creature possessing feeling and voluntary motion; a beast; a brute.

Of or belonging to feeling and moving creatures; as, The animal kingdom; an animal instinct.

1. A living and, in the higher orders, sentient being as distinguished from a vegetable or mineral. 2. One of the lower animals as distinguished from man. 3. Relating to the physical as distinguished from the intellectual or psychic part of man.

Living organic structure with power of locomotion.

An organized being, having life, sensation, and voluntary motion: it is distinguished from a plant, which is organized and has life, but not sensation or voluntary motion; the name sometimes implies the absence of the higher faculties peculiar to man.

Of or belonging to animals: sensual.

An organised body, having life, sensation, and voluntary motion.

Animal.

Pertaining to an animal or animals.

A sentient living organism other than a plant.

An organized being endowed with life, sensation, and power of voluntary motion; a living being inferior to man.

A body possessed of life, sensation, and power of motion.

Pertaining to a living creature; gross; opposite of spiritual.

A name given to every animated being. Most animals have the power of locomotion; some can merely execute partial movements, such as contraction and dilatation. In other respects it is often a matter of difficulty to determine what is an animal characteristic. The study of animals is called Zool'ogy.

That which concerns, or belongs to, an animal.

A living organism having sensation and power of voluntary movement.

A living organism endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity for digestion.

Any other a. than man. [Lat.]

n. [Latin] An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion ;—an irrational being, as distinguished from man.

A living creature corporeal; by way of contempt, we say a stupid man is an animal.

That which belongs or relates to animals; animal is used in opposition to spiritual.