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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Animal \An"i*mal\, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See {Animate}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Animal \An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. [1913 Webster] 3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. [1913 Webster] {Animal magnetism}. See {Magnetism} and {Mesmerism}. {Animal electricity}, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. {Animal flower} (Zool.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. {Animal heat} (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. {Animal spirits}. See under {Spirit}. {Animal kingdom}, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: {Vertebrata}, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). {Tunicata}, including the {Thaliacea}, and {Ascidioidea} or Ascidians. {Articulata} or {Annulosa}, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). {Helminthes} or {Vermes}, including Rotifera, Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: animal adj 1: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" [syn: {animal(a)}, {carnal}, {fleshly}, {sensual}] n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: {animal}, {animate being}, {beast}, {brute}, {creature}, {fauna}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: animal /animal/ animal; animal; beast From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]: animal animal From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: animal 1. animal 2. beastly; bestial 3. animal; beast 4. head of cattle From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: animal 1. animal(animalo) 2. animal; beast(besto)