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| animal |
| 1. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely |
| A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants. |
| 2. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. |
| 3. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.). |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. |
| My students are animals. |
| 5. n. (informal) A person of a particular type. |
| He's a political animal. |
| 6. n. matter, Matter, thing. |
| a whole different animal |
| 7. adj. Of or relating to animals. |
| animal instincts |
| 8. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. |
| animal passions |
| 9. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. |
| 10. adj. (slang) Excellent |
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| djur |
| 1. n-n. animal |
