animal

• Noun

  1. Any eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
  2. Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
  3. (colloquial) A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
  4. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
  5. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
  6. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
  7. A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  8. (informal) A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
  9. Matter, thing.

• Adj