animal
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Animal
noun
animal,
animal kingdom —
fauna —
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.] —
wight,
created being —
creeping thing,
living thing —
dumb animal,
dumb creature —
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile —
saurian —
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft —
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped —
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock —
domestic animals,
wild animals —
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.] —
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea —
black game,
black grouse —
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271 —
cattle,
kine†,
ox —
bull,
bullock —
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn —
sheep —
lamb,
lambkin† —
ewe,
ram,
tup —
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow —
steer,
stot† —
tag,
teg† —
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound —
pup,
puppy —
whelp,
cur,
mongrel —
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog —
mastiff —
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound —
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever —
Newfoundland —
water dog,
water spaniel —
pug,
poodle —
turnspit —
terrier —
fox terrier,
Skye terrier —
Dandie Dinmont —
collie.
[cats
generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy —
grimalkin† —
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe —
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird —
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl —
feathered tribes,
feathered songster —
singing bird,
dicky bird —
canary,
warbler —
finch —
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
adjective
animal,
zoological equine,
bovine,
vaccine,
canine,
feline,
fishy —
piscatory†,
piscatorial —
molluscous†,
vermicular —
gallinaceous,
rasorial†,
solidungulate†,
soliped†.
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