Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ANIMAL
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
(noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
animal (plural animals)
In scientific usage, 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).
Synonyms: beast, creature
In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
Synonym: beast
In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
Synonyms: brute, monster, savage
(informal) A person of a particular type.
Matter, thing.
Hyponyms
• See also animal
Etymology 2
Adjective
animal (not comparable)
Of or relating to animals.
Synonyms: beastly, bestial
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
Synonyms: animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
(slang, Ireland) Excellent
Anagrams
• Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila
Proper noun
Animal
A nickname given to people, especially wild people.
Noun
Animal (plural Animals)
(slang) A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
Anagrams
• Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila
Source: Wiktionary
An"i*mal, n. Etym: [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See Animate.]
1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
An"i*mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
– Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
– Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc.
– Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature.
– Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
– Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: -Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera, Chætognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea, including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. Coelenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges. Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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