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The correct spelling is animal.
How to pronounce animal
/ˈænɪməl/
nounIPA: /ˈænɪməl/
Say it like: Ani-mal
The correct spelling is animal. 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 derive… For example: "A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."
Usage Examples
“A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.”
“My students are animals.”
“He's a political animal.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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).
- 2.In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- 3.In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
- 4.A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- 5.A person of a particular type.
adjective
- 1.Of or relating to animals.
- 2.Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- 3.Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- 4.Excellent
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