Definition of animal

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Animal (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals..

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Lernean :: Lernean (n.) One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow..
Molluscum :: Molluscum (n.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals..
Moolley :: Moolley (n.) A mulley or polled animal.
Lash :: Lash (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare..
Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal..
Dermopterygii :: Dermopterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.
Diffusion :: Diffusion (n.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate..
Protozoa :: Protozoa (n. pl.) The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
Ceratosaurus :: Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix..
Tallowing :: Tallowing (n.) The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow..
Cote :: Cote (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves..
Isopathy :: Isopathy (n.) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Ant-bear :: Ant-bear (n.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass..
Disc :: Disc (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk..
Weanling :: Weanling (n.) A child or animal newly weaned; a wean.
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air..
Spine :: Spine (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
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