ANIMAL
/ˈænɪməl/
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
A(1) N(1) I(1) M(3) A(1) L(1)
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Definition
/ˈænɪməl/
noun
- In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).“A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.”
- In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
- A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.“My students are animals.”
- A person of a particular type.“He's a political animal.”
Source: Wiktionary
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