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Animal
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Animal
/ˈanɪm(ə)l/
A living creature that can move and is not a human or plant.
Synonyms:
creature
beast
organism
wildlife
Antonyms:
plant
mineral
Examples:
A dog is an
animal
.
Do you like
animals
?
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin word
animalis
, meaning
having breath
or
living
. First used in English around the early 14th century.
Usage Statistics:
126 mentions per 1 million words
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