animal-animal: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is animal?

  • A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.

    Un organisme pluricel·lular del regne Animalia, que es diferencia de les plantes en certes característiques típiques com la capacitat de locomoció, el metabolisme nofosintètic, la resposta pronunciada als estímuls, el creixement restringit i l'estructura corporal fixa.

  • An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.

    Un organisme animal diferent d'un humà, especialment un mamífer.

  • A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.

    Una persona que es comporta de manera bestial o brutal.

  • A human considered with respect to his or her physical, as opposed to spiritual, nature.

    Un ésser humà considerat respecte a la seva naturalesa física, en oposició a l'espiritual.

  • A person having a specified aptitude or set of interests: "that rarest of musical animals, an instrumentalist who is as comfortable on a podium with a stick as he is playing his instrument” ( Lon Tuck).
  • Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals: animal fat.

    Relatiu, característic o derivat d'un animal o animal: greix animal.

  • Relating to the physical as distinct from the spiritual nature of people: animal instincts and desires.

    Relacionar el físic com a diferent de la naturalesa espiritual de les persones: instints i desitjos animals.

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