any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli

some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.

any such living thing other than a human being.

a mammal, as opposed to a fish, bird, etc.

the physical, sensual, or carnal nature of human beings; animality

the animal in every person.

an inhuman person; brutish or beastlike person

She married an animal.

thing

A perfect job? Is there any such animal?

of, pertaining to, or derived from animals

animal instincts; animal fats.

pertaining to the physical, sensual, or carnal nature of humans, rather than their spiritual or intellectual nature

animal needs.

noun

mineral , plant

adjective

beastly , bestial , bodily , brute , brutish , corporeal , earthly , earthy , feral , fleshy , mammalian , muscular , natural , physical , sensual , untamed , wild , zoological , carnal , fleshly , animalic , animalistic , biological , brutal , ethological , gross , mammality , theriomorphic , zoic , zoogenic , zoogenous , zoomorphic , zoophilic

noun

beast , being , brute , bum * , creature , critter , invertebrate , living thing , mutt * , pet , stray , varmint , vertebrate , wild thing , animalcule , animalculum , animalia , animality , biota , bird , denizen , fauna , hybrid , mammal , mammalian , mammality , migrant , predator , protozoan , quadruped , theriomorph , zoomorphism