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| animal | |
| 1. sost. (biologia) (zoologia) animale | |
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| animal | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. |  |
| 3. subst. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.). |  |
| 4. subst. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. |  |
| My students are animals. |  |
| 5. subst. (informal) A person of a particular type. |  |
| He's a political animal. |  |
| 6. subst. 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 |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| animale | |
| 1. adj. animal |  |
| 2. subst. animal |  |
| 3. subst. beast |  |