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Animal

/ˈanɪm(ə)l/
A living creature that can move and is not a human or plant.

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Examples:

A dog is an animal.Do you like animals?

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Latin word animalis, meaning having breath or living. First used in English around the early 14th century.

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