animal [ 'æniməl] n.动物，兽 a.动物的
animal ['æniməl] n. 动物
Native Produce & Animal By-products Import and Export Corporation 土产畜产进出口公司
Animal Breeding Stock Import and Export Corporation 种畜进出口公司
Native Produce & Animal By-products Import and Export Corporation 土产畜产进出口公司
Animal Breeding Stock Import and Export Corporation 种畜进出口公司
Animal Fodder 动物饲料
Crystal Animal 动物型水晶艺术品
交通规则 traffic regulation
路标 guide post
里程碑 milestone
停车标志 mark car stop
红绿灯 traffic light
自动红绿灯 automatic traffic signal light
红灯 red light
绿灯 green light
黄灯 amber light
交通岗 traffic post
岗亭 police box
交通警 traffic police
打手势 pantomime
单行线 single line
双白线 double white lines
双程线dual carriage-way
斑马线 zebra stripes
划路线机 traffic line marker
交通干线 artery traffic
车行道 carriage-way
辅助车道 lane auxiliary
双车道 two-way traffic
自行车通行 cyclists only
单行道 one way only
窄路 narrow road
潮湿路滑 slippery when wet
陡坡 steep hill
不平整路 rough road
弯路 curve road ; bend road
连续弯路 winding road
之字路 double bend road
之字公路 switch back road
下坡危险 dangerous down grade
道路交叉点 road junction
十字路 cross road
左转 turn left
右转 turn right
靠左 keep left
靠右 keep right
慢驶 slow
速度 speed
超速 excessive speed
速度限制 speed limit
恢复速度 resume speed
禁止通行 no through traffic
此路不通 blocked
不准驶入 no entry
不准超越 keep in line ; no overhead
不准掉头 no turns
让车道 passing bay
回路 loop
安全岛 safety island
停车处 parking place
停私人车 private car park
只停公用车 public car only
不准停车 restricted stop
不准滞留 restricted waiting
临街停车 parking on-street
街外停车 parking off-street
街外卸车 loading off-street
当心行人 caution pedestrian crossing
当心牲畜 caution animals
前面狭桥 narrow bridge ahead
拱桥 hump bridge
火车栅 level crossing
修路 road works
医院 hospital
儿童 children
学校 school
寂静地带 silent zone
非寂静地带 silent zone ends
交通管理 traffic control
人山人海 crowded conditions
拥挤的人 jam-packed with people
交通拥挤 traffic jam
水泄不通 overwhelm
顺挤 extrusion direct
冲挤 extrusion impact
推挤 shoved
挨身轻推 nudging
让路 give way
粗心行人 careless pedestrian
犯交通罪 committing traffic offences
执照被记违章 endorsed on driving license
危险驾驶 dangerous driving
粗心驾车 careless driving
无教员而驾驶 driving without an instructor
无证驾驶 driving without license
未经车主同意 without the owner's consent
无第三方保险 without third-party insurance
未挂学字牌 driving without a "L" plate
安全第一 safety first
轻微碰撞 slight impact
迎面相撞 head-on collision
相撞 collided
连环撞 a chain collision
撞车 crash
辗过 run over
肇事逃跑司机 hit-run driver
冲上人行道 drive onto the pavement
本命年 this animal year of sb.
My suggestions to deal with the problem are as follows. To begin with, it is urgent to create nature reserves. Secondly, certain rare wild animals that are going to be extinct should be collected, fed and reproduced artificially. Finally, those who hunter them must be punished severely.
我对解决这个问题的建议如下：首先，迫在眉睫的是建立自然保护区。其次，有些濒临灭绝的珍稀野生动物应该收捕、人工喂养并繁殖。最后，对于捕猎珍稀野生动物的人必须严惩。
畜牧学 Animal Science
动物遗传育种与繁殖 Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction
动物营养与饲料科学 Animal Nutrition and Feed Science
Animals (including Silkworm, Honeybees, etc.)
世界动物保护联合会 World Federation for the Protection of Animals
畜禽防疫车
mobile animal eqidemic control
We drink without thirst, and we make love any time, madame. Only this distinguishes us from the other animals.
我们不渴而饮，随时示爱，夫人。使我们与其它动物相区别的只有这一点。
Even if he encounters a tiger his thinking ability usually enables him to kill the animal successfully.
即使他遭遇一只老虎，他的智力通常也能使他成功地把它杀死。
The wild animals roared in the woods.
那头野兽在丛林里大吼大叫。
The little boy satisfies his curiosity about animals by visiting the zoo every week.
这小孩每周都去动物园，以此来满足他对动物的好奇心。
Whales and seals are marine animals.
鲸鱼和海豹是海生动物。
Visitors to the natural park are told to stay away from wild animals.
到天然公园参观的人被告知别靠近野生动物。
This kind of animal’s tail will regenerate if it is cut off.
这种动物的尾巴如被切除会重新长出来。
All human beings are much more intelligent than animals.
人比动物聪明得多。
Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.
大象因其长长的鼻子而有别于其他动物。
Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.
大象有长鼻，因此和其他动物不同。
There are several steps that can be taken, of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared objectives of safeguarding the interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence towards people.
有几项措施可以采取，其中主要的是要所有宣布以保护动物利益为目标的组织都明确宣布他们对于人类所受到的暴力袭击表决坚定的立场、
The Chinese have distributed publications to farmers and other rural residents instructing them in what to watch for their animals so that every household can join in helping to predict earthquakes.
中国向农民和其它农村住户发放了宣传刊物，指导他们观察动物，以便每户人家都能参与帮助地震预报。
The converse observation, of the absence of grazers in areas of high phytoPlankton concentration, led Hardy to propose his principle of animal exclusion , which hypothesized that phytoplankton produced a repellent that excluded grazers from regions of high phytoplankton concentration.
相反的观察，即在浮游植物群落高度集中的地方缺乏食草动物的现象，使哈笛提出了他的“动物排除”理论，该理论假设浮游植物群落能产生一种驱虫剂赶走在浮游植物高度集中区域内的食草动物。
In October 1838, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on, from long continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that, under these circumstances, favorable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed.
1838年10月，我随便读了《马尔萨散人口论》，很欣赏书的到处都有的生存竞争，经过对动物和植物生存习性的长期观察，我忽然想到这种环境下，有利于生存的变化被保留了，而不利于生存变化被消除了。
As for the lowbrows’ claim to be specially “human”, I for one have never been able to understand why it should be “inhuman” to use the faculties that distinguish us from pigs and geese and “human” to use those which we share with the lower animals.
对于没学问者自称特殊的“人类”，有一点我一直搞不明白，为什么是“非人类”去使用那些设施来将我们和猪啊、鹅啊划分，而“人类”去使用那些我们与低等动物共享的东西。
In the case of man, the difficulties with the environment concept are even more complicated because we have to deal with man as an animal and with man as a bearer of culture.
对于人类来说，环境概念的问题更加复杂。因为我们不得不把人类当为动物，又不得不把人当为文化的持有者来对待。
If we look at man as an animal and try to analyze the environmental forces that are acting on the organism, we find that we have to deal with things like climate, soil, plants, and such like factors common to all biological situations; but we also find, always, very important environmental influences that we can only class as “cultural”, which modify the physical and biological factors.
如果我们将人类看作动物来尝试解释作用在有机物上的环境影响力的话，我们不得不处理像气候，土壤，植物和一些对于所有生物环境来说共同的因素，但我们也发现，“文化”的影响也非常重大，它可以改变物理和生物因素。
Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the killing of rare animals.
国会通过了一项法令, 禁止捕杀珍稀动物。
A pig is a domestic animal.
猪是一种家畜。
The camel is a herbivorous animal.
骆驼是一种食草动物。
We shouldn't be cruel to animals.
我们不应该对动物残忍。
How can you defend the killing of animals for pleasure?
你怎么能为杀死动物取乐的行为辩护呢？
We can group animals into many types.
我们可以把动物分成很多种类。
I prefer to see animals living in their natural state.
我宁愿看处于野生状态的动物。
He's devoted his whole life to the protection of the rare animals.
他终生献身于珍稀动物的保护。
你这畜牲!
You beast! *指“动物”，特别是指“兽类、像畜生一样使人讨厌的人”。
You animal!
You pig!
It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
想到在宁静的乡村里有一关危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。
One should love animals. They are so tasty.
每个人都应该热爱动物，因为它们很好吃。
Man is a tool-using animal.
人是用器之兽。
出口动物产品检疫（Quarantine of Export Animal products）
动物产品（Animal Product）
No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkness----- or so good as drink.
Gibert Keith Chesteerton, British writer
没有动物发明过的像喝醉这样糟糕的事——也没有发明过像饮酒这样美好的享受。
英国作家切斯特顿.G.K.
Fame is very much like an animal chasing his own tail who, when he captures is , does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it, Fame and the exhilarating celebrity that accompanies it, force the famous person to anticipate in his own destruction.
Howards Melvin, Ameican essayist
声誉极像一只追逐自己尾巴的动物，抓住后除了继续追逐不舍之外，再也没有其它方法了。声誉和随之而来的令人兴奋的赞扬迫使出了名的人担心自己的毁灭。美国散文家麦尔文.H.
Animals are such agreeable friends --they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.
George Eliot, British novelist
动物是极易相处的朋友，它们从来不提问，也从不会批评。
英国小说家艾略特.G.
- skate on thin ice 如履薄冰，冒风险
We are skating on thin ice if we continue killing wild animals.
- take a shine to someone 一见就中意
She is an animal-lover. She takes a shine to whatever animal she meets.
- Hold one's tongue 保持沉默
I can no longer hold my tongue when I see so many wild animals have become extinct.
变温动物 [biàn wēn dòng wù] /poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal/
膘 [biāo] /fat of a stock animal/
卜辞 [bǔ cí] /oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones/
捕捞 [bǔ lāo] /fish for (aquatic animals and plants)/catch/
捕杀 [bǔ shā] /hunt and kill (an animal or fish)/
残疾 [cán ji ] /(n) deformity on a person or animal/
虫 [chóng] /an animal/an invertebrate/a worm/an insect/
畜 [chù] /livestock/domesticated animal/domestic animal/
畜肥 [chù féi] /animal manure/
畜类 [chù lèi] /domestic animal/
畜力 [chù lì] /animal powered (as opposed to human or machine powered)/
畜生 [chù sheng ] /domestic animal/
毳 [cuì] /crisp/brittle/fine animal hair/
动物 [dòng wù] /animal/
动物分类 [dòng wù fēn lèi] /taxonomy/classification of animals/
动物界 [dòng wù jiè] /animal kingdom/
动植物 [dòng zhí wù] /plants and animals/flora and fauna/
驮子 [duò zi ] /a pack-animal/
蹯 [fán] /paws of animal/
肪 [fáng] /animal fat/
耕畜 [gēng chù] /farm animal/
貉 [háo] /badger-like animal/
貉 [hé] /badger-like animal/
叫声 [jiào shēng] /yelling (sound made by person)/barking/braying/roaring (sound made by animals)/
獍 [jìng] /an animal which eats its mother/
攫 [jué] /seize (bird or animal)/
栏圈 [lán quān] /pen/animal yard/
两栖动物 [liǎng qī dòng wù] /amphibian/amphibious animals/
旄 [máo] /banner decorated with animal's tail/
鸣叫 [míng jiào] /hoot/animal call/
牧业 [mù yè] /animal husbandry; animal product industry/
猊 [ní] /(mythical animal)/lion/
骑 [qí] /to ride (an animal or bike)/to sit astride/
钳 [qián] /pincers/pliers/tongs/claw (of animal)/to grasp with pincers/to pinch/to clamp/to restrain/to restrict/to gag/
软体 [ruǎn tǐ] /software/soft-bodied (animal)/
蜃 [shèn] /(mythical animal)/clam/sea-serpent/
牲 [shēng] /domestic animal/
牲畜 [shēng chù] /(n) domesticated animals; livestock/
牲口 [shēng kou ] /(n) animals used for their physical strength (mules; oxen; etc)/
生肖 [shēng xiào] /12 animals symbolic of the Terrestrial Branches/
食 [shí] /animal feed/eat/food/
兽穴 [shòu xué] /animal den/
属 [shǔ] /belong to/category/be subordinate to/genus (taxonomy)/be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)/family members/dependants/
狻 [suān] /(mythical animal)/
特 [tè] /male animal/special (-ly)/
喂 [wèi] /(interjection) hello/to feed (someone or some animal)/hey/telephone greeting/
哮 [xiāo] /pant/roar/bark (of animals)/
獬 [xiè] /(mythical animal)/
畜 [xù] /to raise (animals)/
畜产品 [xù chǎn pǐn] /(n) domesticated animal products/
畜牧 [xù mù] /(v) raise animals/
养活 [yǎng huo ] /(v) raise animals/(v) feed and clothe/
野生动物 [yě shēng dòng wù] /wild animal/
崽 [zǎi] /young of animals/
只 [zhī] /(a measure word, for birds and some animals, etc.)/single/only/
豸 [zhì] /(mythical animal)/
爪子 [zhuǎ zi ] /(animal's) paw/
仔畜 [zǐ chù] /newborn animal/
驺 [zōu] /go/mythical animal/
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing."
18世纪政治家埃德蒙·柏克曾说过类似这样的话，“一个被误导的事业如果要成功，它惟一需要的是好人无所作为”。
One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究，因为有这样一种理论说，动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care.
科学家应该对动物权利鼓吹者做出强有力的回应，因为他们的言论混淆了公众的视听，从而威胁到卫生知识和卫生服务的进步。
Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research.
动物权利运动的领导者将矛头指向生物医学研究，原因在于它依赖公共资金的资助，并且很少有人懂得医学研究的过程。
Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
当人们听到医学实验虐待动物的指控时，许多人都不明白为什么有人会故意伤害动物。
For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals — no meat, no fur, no medicines.
例如，在近期的一次集市上，一位老奶奶站在动物权利宣传点前散发小册子，规劝人们不要使用动物制品和动物实验制品——肉类，毛皮，药物。
Asked if she opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research.
当被问到她是否反对免疫接种时，她问疫苗是否来自动物实验。
When assured that they do, she replied, "Then I would have to say yes."
当被告知的确如此，她回答道，“那么我不得不说，是的，我反对接种”。
Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don't worry, scientists will find some way of using computers."
当被问到瘟疫爆发怎么办时，她说，“不用担心，科学家会找到一种方法，用计算机来解决问题”。
Such well-meaning people just don't understand.
看，这样好心的人们就是不明白。
We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother's hip replacement, a father's bypass operation, a baby's vaccinations, and even a pet's shots.
我们需要说明动物实验与祖母的髋骨更换、父亲的心脏搭桥、婴儿的免疫接种、甚至宠物的注射针剂都密切相关。
To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst.
许多人不明白获得这些新的治疗方法和疫苗都必须进行动物实验。对于他们来说，动物实验说得好是浪费，说得不好是残忍。
They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth.
他们应该对报刊的读者来信及时做出反应，以防止动物权利的误导言论在毫无质疑的情况下横行，从而获得一副真理的面容。
Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care.
科研机构应该对外开放，让人参观，向人们展示实验室里的动物获得了人道的对待。
Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment.
最后，因为最终决定因素是病人，医疗研究机构不仅应该积极争取斯蒂芬·库柏这样的名人的支持——他对动物实验的价值勇敢地进行了肯定——而且应该争取所有接受治疗的病人的支持。
When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly.
当一个苏格兰研究小组透露三个月前他们克隆了一只成年绵羊时，世界为之震惊，克林顿总统迅速做出反应。
Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment — although no one had proposed to do so — and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.
他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧业技术去克隆人，并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验——尽管还没有人提议要那样做——并责成成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德·夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组，在90天内拿出有关克隆人的国家政策的建议，向白宫汇报。
Yet, dramatic instances of sudden forgetting can be seen to be adaptive.
然而戏剧性地突然遗忘的例子也可被看做具有适应性。
In this sense, the ability to forget can be interpreted to have survived through a process of natural selection in animals.
从这个意义上说，遗忘能力可解释为动物在自然选择的过程中幸存下来的能力。
Indeed, when one's memory of emotionally painful experience lead to serious anxiety, forgetting may produce relief.
的确，如果记住一段痛苦的情感经历会导致严重的焦虑，那么遗忘倒可以使人得到解脱。
{adj: abactinal} (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
<-> actinal
{adj: aciculate} related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts
{adj: adipose} composed of animal fat
"adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat"
{adj: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup} (of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"
"a grown woman"
{adj: aggravated, provoked} incited, especially deliberately, to anger
"aggravated by passive resistance"
"the provoked animal attacked the child"
{adj: all-devouring} (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
{adj: amphibious, amphibian} relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
{adj: amphibious} operating or living on land and in water
"amphibious vehicles"
"amphibious operations"
"amphibious troops"
"frogs are amphibious animals"
<-> aquatic, terrestrial
{adj: animal, carnal, fleshly, sensual} 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"
{adj: animallike, animal-like} resembling or having characteristics of an animal
"dull animallike eyes"
"an animallike obstinacy"
{adj: animal} of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals
"the animal kingdom"
"animal instincts"
"animal fats"
<-> vegetable, mineral
{adj: animate} endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
"we are animate beings"
<-> inanimate
{adj: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, humanlike} suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
{adj: aquatic} operating or living or growing in water
"boats are aquatic vehicles"
"water lilies are aquatic plants"
"fish are aquatic animals"
<-> terrestrial, amphibious
{adj: armed} (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
<-> unarmed
{adj: armored, armoured} used of animals; provided with protective covering
<-> unarmored
{adj: arresting, sensational, stunning} commanding attention
"an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"
"a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"
"a stunning performance"
{adj: arthromeric} of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals
{adj: asocial} given to avoiding association with others
"bears are asocial secretive animals"
"are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?"
{adj: at bay, cornered, trapped, treed} forced to turn and face attackers
"a stag at bay"
"she had me cornered between the porch and her car"
"like a trapped animal"
{adj: aural} of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
"an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus"
{adj: axenic} (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions
"axenic conditions"
"germfree animals"
{adj: back, hind, hinder} located at or near the back of an animal
"back (or hind) legs"
"the hinder part of a carcass"
{adj: bald-faced} (of animals) having white markings on the face
{adj: bay} (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
{adj: boisterous, knockabout} full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
"boisterous practical jokes"
"knockabout comedy"
{adj: bone-covered} (of animals) armored with bone
{adj: bountied} rewarded or rewardable by a bounty
"a bountied animal pelt"
{adj: carnivorous} (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
<-> herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous
{adj: carnivorous} relating to or characteristic of carnivores
"the lion and other carnivorous animals"
{adj: clawed, taloned} of animals
{adj: clean} free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
"children with clean shining faces"
"clean white shirts"
"clean dishes"
"a spotlessly clean house"
"cats are clean animals"
<-> dirty
{adj: cold-blooded} having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
<-> warm-blooded
{adj: colonial} of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
{adj: common, vernacular, vulgar} being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
"common parlance"
"a vernacular term"
"vernacular speakers"
"the vulgar tongue of the masses"
"the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
{adj: connective} connecting or tending to connect
"connective remarks between chapters"
"connective tissue in animals"
"conjunctive tissue in plants"
{adj: crested, topknotted, tufted} (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
"golden crested"
"crested iris"
"crested oriole"
"tufted duck"
"tufted loosestrife"
{adj: cultural} relating to the raising of plants or animals
"a cultural variety"
{adj: cut, emasculated, gelded} (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
"a cut horse"
{adj: determinate} precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
"a determinate distance"
"a determinate number"
"determinate variations in animals"
<-> indeterminate
{adj: diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual} (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
{adj: dioecious, dioecian} having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
<-> monoecious
{adj: diurnal} belonging to or active during the day
"diurnal animals are active during the day"
"diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"
<-> nocturnal
{adj: diverse, various} distinctly dissimilar or unlike
"celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"
"animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
{adj: domestic, domesticated} converted or adapted to domestic use
"domestic animals"
"domesticated plants like maize"
{adj: dorsal} belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part
"the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals"
<-> ventral
{adj: dumb} lacking the power of human speech
"dumb animals"
{adj: edental, edentate, edentulate} having few if any teeth
"anteaters are edentate animals"
{adj: endoparasitic} of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals
{adj: entire, intact} (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
"an entire horse"
{adj: entozoic, entozoan, endozoic} living within a living animal usually as a parasite
"entozoic worms"
<-> epizoic
{adj: enzootic} of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases
{adj: epizoic} living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite
"an epizoic plant parasite"
<-> entozoic
{adj: epizootic} (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
"an epizootic disease"
{adj: exuvial} of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals
{adj: far} being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
"the horse on the right is the far horse"
"the right side is the far side of the horse"
{adj: fattened} (of market animals) made ready for market
{adj: female} being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
"a female heir"
"female holly trees bear the berries"
<-> androgynous, male
{adj: figural, figurative} consisting of or forming human or animal figures
"a figural design"
"the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read
{adj: flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous} (of animals) carnivorous
{adj: flourishing, growing, thriving} having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
"flourishing crops"
"flourishing chicks"
"a growing boy"
"fast-growing weeds"
"a thriving deer population"
{adj: flying} capable of or engaged in flight
"the bat is a flying animal"
{adj: foaled} (used of a horse or related animal) born
{adj: foaming, foamy, frothing} producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
"the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
{adj: fordable} shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
"the stream was fordable"
{adj: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant} stubbornly resistant to authority or control
"a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
"a refractory child"
{adj: free-swimming, unattached} (of animals) able to swim about; not attached
{adj: fur-bearing} of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality)
{adj: furred, furry} covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
"furred animals"
"a furry teddy bear"
{adj: gregarious} (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
"gregarious bird species"
<-> ungregarious
{adj: half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed} (of animals) having only one purebred parent
{adj: handed} having or involving the use of hands
"a handed, tree-living animal"
"a four-handed card game"
<-> handless
{adj: hard-shelled} of animals or plants that have a hard shell
{adj: hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite} of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs
{adj: heterotrophic} requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment
"most animals are heterotrophic"
<-> autotrophic
{adj: hispid} (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
"plants with hispid stems"
{adj: holozoic} obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter
<-> holophytic
{adj: human} having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
"human beings"
"the human body"
"human kindness"
"human frailty"
<-> nonhuman
{adj: infrahuman} belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development
"infrahuman animals"
{adj: inoffensive, unoffending} causing no harm
"an inoffensive animal"
{adj: insectivorous} (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
<-> carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous
{adj: intellectual, rational, noetic} of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
"intellectual problems"
"the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
{adj: invertebrate, spineless} lacking a backbone or spinal column
"worms are an example of invertebrate animals"
<-> vertebrate
{adj: irrational} not consistent with or using reason
"irrational fears"
"irrational animals"
<-> rational
{adj: isolated, quarantined} under forced isolation especially for health reasons
"a quarantined animal"
"isolated patients"
{adj: jawed} of animals having jaws of a specified type
<-> jawless
{adj: jawless} of animals having no jaw
<-> jawed
{adj: legged} having legs of a specified kind or number
"four-legged animals"
"a peg-legged man"
<-> legless
{adj: little, small} (of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"
{adj: living} dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination
"living quarters"
"tree-living animals"
{adj: lowset, low-set} lower than average
"lowset ears"
"a stocky low-set animal"
{adj: male} being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
"a male infant"
"a male holly tree"
<-> female, androgynous
{adj: marine} native to or inhabiting the sea
"marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"
{adj: marsupial} of or relating to the marsupials
"marsupial animals"
{adj: medial, median} dividing an animal into right and left halves
{adj: migratory} used of animals that move seasonally
"migratory birds"
<-> nonmigratory
{adj: mineral} composed of matter other than plant or animal
"the inorganic mineral world"
{adj: mineral} of or containing or derived from minerals
"a mineral deposit"
"mineral water"
<-> animal, vegetable
{adj: monoecious, monecious, monoicous} having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
<-> dioecious
{adj: morphologic, morphological, structural} relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
"morphological differences"
{adj: near, nigh} being on the left side
"the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"
"the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
{adj: nocturnal} belonging to or active during the night
"nocturnal animals are active at night"
"nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day"
<-> diurnal
{adj: nongregarious, nonsocial, solitary} of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
"solitary bees"
{adj: nonmigratory, resident} used of animals that do not migrate
<-> migratory
{adj: nonnative} of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
{adj: omnivorous} feeding on both plants and animals
<-> insectivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous
{adj: one} of the same kind or quality
"two animals of one species"
{adj: ordinal} of or relating to a taxonomic order
"family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
{adj: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred} having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
{adj: plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous} (of animals) feeding on plants
{adj: poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic} of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
{adj: predaceous, predacious, predatory} living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
"predatory capitalists"
"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott
"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
{adj: predacious, predaceous} hunting and killing other animals for food
{adj: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous} living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
"a predatory bird"
"the rapacious wolf"
"raptorial birds"
"ravening wolves"
"a vulturine taste for offal"
{adj: protective} intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
"a protective covering"
"the use of protective masks and equipment"
"protective coatings"
"kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"
"animals with protective coloring"
"protective tariffs"
<-> unprotective
{adj: pubescent} (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature
"the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"
{adj: quaint} very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
"the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty
"came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott
"a quaint sense of humor"
{adj: registered} (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book
"a registered Percheron"
<-> unregistered
{adj: ruminant} related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
"ruminant mammals"
<-> nonruminant
{adj: saddled} having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal
"saddled and spurred and ready to ride"
<-> unsaddled
{adj: same} closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
"curtains the same color as the walls"
"two girls of the same age"
"mother and son have the same blue eyes"
"animals of the same species"
"the same rules as before"
"two boxes having the same dimensions"
"the same day next year"
<-> different
{adj: saprophagous, saprozoic} (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
{adj: scrub} (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
{adj: semi-upright} of animals that are partly erect
{adj: sessile, attached} permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
"an attached oyster"
"sessile marine animals and plants"
<-> vagile
{adj: shelled} of animals or fruits that have a shell
<-> unshelled
{adj: social} living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
"a human being is a social animal"
"mature social behavior"
<-> unsocial
{adj: spayed} (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed
{adj: speaking} capable of or involving speech or speaking
"human beings--the speaking animals"
"a speaking part in the play"
<-> nonspeaking
{adj: speech-endowed} capable of speech
"the speaking animal"
{adj: tail-shaped} shaped like the tail of an animal
{adj: tame, tamed} brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"
"fields of tame blueberries"
<-> wild
{adj: thin-shelled} of animals or plants that have a thin shell
{adj: unarmed} (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns
<-> armed
{adj: unarmored, unarmoured} used of animals; without protective covering
<-> armored
{adj: unfattened} (of market animals) not optimal for marketing
{adj: ungregarious} (of animals) not gregarious
<-> gregarious
{adj: unguiculate, unguiculated} having or resembling claws or nails
"unguiculate animals"
"an unguiculate flower petal"
<-> ungulate
{adj: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved} having or resembling hoofs
"horses and other hoofed animals"
<-> unguiculate
{adj: unregistered} (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association
"unregistered dairy cattle"
<-> registered
{adj: unshelled, shell-less} of animals or fruits that have no shell
<-> shelled
{adj: unwary} not alert to danger or deception
"the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"
"some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"
"seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell
<-> wary
{adj: unwebbed} (of the feet of some animals) not webbed
"a primitive frog with unwebbed toes"
<-> webbed
{adj: vagile} having freedom to move about
"vagile aquatic animals"
<-> sessile
{adj: vegetable} of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants
"decaying vegetable matter"
<-> mineral, animal
{adj: ventral} toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
"the ventral aspect of the human body"
"the liver is somewhat ventral in position"
"ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped"
<-> dorsal
{adj: vertebrate} having a backbone or spinal column
"fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
<-> invertebrate
{adj: vestigial, rudimentary} not fully developed in mature animals
"rudimentary wings"
{adj: warm-blooded} having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)
<-> cold-blooded
{adj: webbed} (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin
<-> unwebbed
{adj: wild-eyed} appearing extremely agitated
"crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck"
{adj: zoic} pertaining to animals or animal life or action
{adj: zoological} concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties
"zoological research"
{adj: zoological} of or relating to animals or animal groups
"zoological garden"
{adv: away, off, forth} from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
"ran away from the lion"
"wanted to get away from there"
"sent the children away to boarding school"
"the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"
"went off to school"
"they drove off"
"go forth and preach"
{adv: generically} as sharing a common genus
"these animals are not related generically"
{adv: gently, mildly} in a gentle manner
"he talked gently to the injured animal"
{adv: savagely} wildly; like an animal
"she cried out savagely"
{adv: wantonly} in a wanton manner
"the animals were killed wantonly for sport"
{n: African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis} a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
{n: Amoebida, order Amoebida, Amoebina, order Amoebina} the animal order including amoebas
{n: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom} taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
{n: Aspergillus, genus Aspergillus} genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals
{n: Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus} a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
{n: Bacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceae} family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
{n: Bacteroides, genus Bacteroides} type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
{n: Brancusi, Constantin Brancusi} Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
{n: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa} marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
{n: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, Zalophus californicus} often trained as a show animal
{n: Carnosaura, suborder Carnosaura} largest carnivorous land animals ever known
{n: Chordata, phylum Chordata} comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
{n: Chytridiales, order Chytridiales} simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
{n: Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes} an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
{n: Dermacentor, genus Dermacentor} vectors of important diseases of man and animals
{n: Duplicidentata} in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals
{n: Ebola virus} a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
{n: Equidae, family Equidae} horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
{n: Escherichia coli, E. coli} a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic; can be a threat to food safety
{n: European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus} common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
{n: Everglades National Park} a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
{n: Francisella, genus Francisella} a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
{n: Galapagos Islands, Galapagos} a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
{n: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome} a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
{n: Grand Canyon National Park} a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
{n: Harvey, William Harvey} English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
{n: Hyracoidea, order Hyracoidea} hyraxes and some extinct animals
{n: Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda} insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
{n: Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle} in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
{n: Leuwenhoek, Leeuwenhoek, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Anton van Leeuwenhoek} Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
{n: Loch Ness monster, Nessie} a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
{n: Malpighi, Marcello Malpighi} Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)
{n: Marburg virus} a filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
{n: Metatheria, subclass Metatheria} pouched animals
{n: Metazoa, subkingdom Metazoa} multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
{n: Mimosaceae, family Mimosaceae} family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
{n: Myxinidae, family Myxinidae} slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
{n: Noah} the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
{n: Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss} German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
{n: Old World buffalo, buffalo} any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
{n: Phoronida, Phoronidea, phylum Phoronida} small phylum of wormlike marine animals
{n: Primates, order Primates} an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
{n: Proboscidea, order Proboscidea} an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
{n: Protista, division Protista} eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
{n: Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista} in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
{n: Pseudomonodaceae, family Pseudomonodaceae} rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens
{n: Pulicidae, family Pulicidae} many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
{n: Reptilia, class Reptilia} class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
{n: Rift Valley fever} an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals
{n: Ringer's solution, Ringer solution} an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
{n: Rodentia, order Rodentia} small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
{n: Saprolegnia, genus Saprolegnia} aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
{n: Schwann, Theodor Schwann} German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)
{n: Silurian, Silurian period} from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals
{n: Sirenia, order Sirenia} an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
{n: Swammerdam, Jan Swammerdam} Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)
{n: Tinbergen, Nikolaas Tinbergen} Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)
{n: Virgin Islands National Park} a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs
{n: Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson} United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
{n: abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse} a building where animals are butchered
{n: acarid} very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
{n: acicula} a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
{n: acrodont} an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
{n: acrylamide} a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
"they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"
{n: actinia, actinian, actiniarian} any sea anemone or related animal
{n: actinomyces} soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
{n: actinomycete} any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
{n: adult} any mature animal
{n: agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness} the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
{n: albumin, albumen} a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
{n: alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis} the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
{n: anatomy, general anatomy} the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
{n: animal communication} communication between animals (of the same species)
{n: animal disease} a disease that typically does not affect human beings
{n: animal fancier} a person who breeds animals
{n: animal fat} any fat obtained from animals
"animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids"
{n: animal fiber, animal fibre} fiber derived from animals
{n: animal foot, foot} the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
{n: animal glue} a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses
{n: animal group} a group of animals
{n: animal husbandry} breeding and caring for farm animals
{n: animal leg} the leg of an animal
{n: animal material} material derived from animals
{n: animal oil} any oil obtained from animal substances
{n: animal order} the order of animals
{n: animal pigment} pigment occurring in animals
{n: animal product} a product made from animal material
{n: animal skin} the outer covering of an animal
{n: animal tissue} the tissue in the bodies of animals
{n: animal toxin, zootoxin} a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals
{n: animal trainer, handler} one who trains or exhibits animals
{n: animal virus} an animal pathogen that is a virus
{n: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna} a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
{n: animalism} the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
{n: animality, animal nature} the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
{n: animalization} a depiction in the form of an animal
{n: animateness, aliveness, liveness} the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
<-> inanimateness
{n: animatronics} the construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland)
{n: anteriority} the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
<-> posteriority
{n: anthrax, splenic fever} a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
{n: antivenin, antivenene} an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal
{n: apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death} a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
{n: aposematic coloration, warning coloration} conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators
"a skunk's aposematic coloration"
{n: aquaculture} rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
{n: aquarium, fish tank, marine museum} a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
{n: aquatic vertebrate} animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
{n: area, region} a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
"in the abdominal region"
{n: arenavirus} animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
{n: ark} a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
{n: armor, armour} tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
{n: arthromere} any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod
{n: assassin, assassinator, bravo} a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
"his assassins were hunted down like animals"
"assassinators of kings and emperors"
{n: association} (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
{n: ass} hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
{n: autolysis, self-digestion} lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process
{n: avatar} the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form
"the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
{n: back, dorsum} the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
"his back was nicely tanned"
{n: baiting} harassment especially of a tethered animal
{n: barbecue, barbeque} a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
{n: barn} an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
{n: basket star, basket fish} any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
{n: beak} beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
{n: beard worm, pogonophoran} slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom
{n: beast of burden, jument} an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
{n: bedding material, bedding, litter} material used to provide a bed for animals
{n: beef neck} a cut of beef from the neck of the animal
{n: beef tallow} tallow obtained from a bovine animal
{n: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl} a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
"his bellow filled the hallway"
{n: bellyband} a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
{n: benthos} organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
{n: bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty} sexual activity between a person and an animal
{n: bestiary} a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
{n: bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism} magnetic personal charm
{n: big game} large animals that are hunted for sport
{n: bighead} any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
{n: biodiversity} the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)
"a high level of biodiversity is desirable"
{n: bioelectricity} electric phenomena in animals or plants
{n: biogeography} dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants
{n: biological group} a group of plants or animals
{n: biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack} the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
{n: biomass} plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
{n: biota, biology} all the plant and animal life of a particular region
{n: biped} an animal with two feet
{n: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird} any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
{n: bite} a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
{n: blackwater} any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
{n: bladderwort} any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
{n: blastomycete} any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals
{n: bloat} swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
{n: blood meal} the dried and powdered blood of animals
{n: blood sport} sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
{n: bobtail, bob, dock} a short or shortened tail of certain animals
{n: body, dead body} a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
"they found the body in the lake"
{n: body, organic structure, physical structure} the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)
"he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
{n: bola} a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin
{n: bolt-hole} a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den
{n: bone black, bone char, animal black, animal charcoal} black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment
{n: bounty hunter} a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
{n: bounty, premium} payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
{n: brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell} marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
{n: brachium} (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
{n: brain} the brain of certain animals used as meat
{n: breed, strain, stock} a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"
"he created a new strain of sheep"
{n: breeder, stock breeder} a person who breeds animals
{n: breeding ground} a place where animals breed
{n: breeding} the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
{n: bristle brush} a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant
{n: brittle star, brittle-star, serpent star} an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
{n: broad bean, horse bean} a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
{n: brood} the young of an animal cared for at one time
{n: brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease} an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
{n: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever} infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
{n: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal} sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
{n: bunyavirus} an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
{n: burrow, tunnel} a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
{n: burro} small donkey used as a pack animal
{n: cadaverine} a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
{n: cage, coop} an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
{n: calcium phosphate} a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones
{n: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20} a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
{n: camel} cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
{n: canned hunt} a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections
{n: capric acid, decanoic acid} a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats
{n: caproic acid, hexanoic acid} a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats
{n: captive} an animal that is confined
{n: captor, capturer} a person who captures and holds people or animals
<-> liberator
{n: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar} an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
{n: carcase, carcass} the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
{n: carnivore} any animal that feeds on flesh
"Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"
"insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
{n: carnivorous plant} plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
{n: carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod} long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
{n: carotenoid} any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals
{n: carrier, immune carrier} (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
{n: carrion} the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
{n: cart} a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
{n: caruncle, caruncula} an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
{n: castration, emasculation} neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
{n: catalase} enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into hydrogen and water
{n: cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis} small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
{n: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus} domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
"so many head of cattle"
"wait till the cows come home"
"seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible
"a team of oxen"
{n: cell} (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
{n: centriole} one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
{n: cephalochordate} fishlike animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
{n: chattel, personal chattel, movable} personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
{n: chatter, chattering} the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
{n: chemical weapon} chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants
{n: chine} backbone of an animal
{n: cholesterol, cholesterin} an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
{n: chordate} any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
{n: circus} a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
"he ran away from home to join the circus"
{n: circus} performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals
"the children always love to go to the circus"
{n: cirrus} a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
{n: coat, pelage} growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
{n: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27} a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
{n: coelenterate, cnidarian} radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
{n: collar} a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
{n: colony} a group of animals of the same type living together
{n: columella} a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal
{n: commensal} either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent
{n: common barley, Hordeum vulgare} grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
{n: comparative anatomist} anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals
{n: comparative anatomy} the study of anatomical features of animals of different species
{n: comparative psychology, animal psychology} the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals
{n: congregation} an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
"a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"
"a great congregation of birds flew over"
{n: corn} the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
{n: cortex} the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
<-> medulla
{n: costa} a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
{n: cote} a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
{n: courser} a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
{n: craw, crop} a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
{n: creep feed} feed given to young animals isolated in a creep
{n: creepy-crawly} an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
{n: creep} a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
{n: crest} a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
{n: critter} a regional term for creature (especially domestic animals)
{n: crossbred} a hybrid (especially an animal produced by a cross between two pure breeds)
{n: cryptic coloration} coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape
{n: cryptobiosis} a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill
{n: cry} the characteristic utterance of an animal
"animal cries filled the night"
{n: ctenophore, comb jelly} biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
{n: culture} the raising of plants or animals
"the culture of oysters"
{n: custodian, keeper, steward} one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
{n: cut, cut of meat} a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
{n: cytolysin} a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells
{n: dam} female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
{n: dander} small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
{n: darter} a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
"squirrels are darters"
{n: death} the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
"the animal died a painful death"
{n: demand feeding} feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need
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