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  1. noun A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.
  2. noun An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
  3. noun A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.
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  • If the animal is a domestic animal, get the name and address of the animal's owner. —  Sand Mountain Reporter: News
  • Shampoos, dips and medications for your animal are available to purchase. —  [Help] Most Recent Posts
  • Grasping the spear with a hand rendered firm by despair, he awaited the right moment, and just as the animal was about to close its massive jaws to crush him and his frail kyak (aiming down the throat, his fright lending strength to the action) he cast the spear with great force. —  Short Sketches from Oldest America
  • This noise may be heard to a less extent when the animal is at rest if the ear is applied to the chest As before remarked, indigestion is often present in these cases. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • In fact, when the animal is affected with spasms of the diaphragm the beating of the heart is usually much weaker and less perceptible than natural. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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  1. Middle English, from Latin, from animāle, neuter of animālis, living, from anima, soul; see anə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. First in 16th century; (a) animal (anymal, animall) = F. Spanish Portuguese animal = Italian animale, adjective, from Latin animalis, animate, living (also aërial, consisting of air), from anima, a current of air, wind, air, breath, the vital principle, life, soul: see anima; (b) animal, n., = French animal = Spanish Portuguese animal = Italian animale, from Latin animal, rarely animale, a living being, an animal in the widest sense, but sometimes restricted to a brute or beast; hence, in contempt, a human being; orig. neuter of animalis, adjective, as above. In modern use animal, adjective, ‘living, animate,’ is inseparably mixed with animal, n., used attributively in the sense of ‘pertaining to animals.’
 

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