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animal

adjective as in beastlike; carnal

noun as in animate being; mammal

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Although humans might have hunted at the lake, the researchers found no stone tools or animal bones bearing butchery marks.

It was a forest that had persisted for more than 100 million years, sheltering a dizzying abundance of plants, animals, and fungi that were found nowhere else on Earth.

With that coupling, you also get 693 phase-detect autofocus points to enable face tracking for both people and animals.

They’re also a key food source for bigger animals like bears and whales.

Species ranged in size from smaller, doggish animals to somewhat cowlike creatures.

He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.

Although the NFL party animal loves flaunting his washboard abs, he seems more fratboy than Fabio.

This is acting in every sense of the word—bringing an unevolved animal to life and making it utterly believable.

Not sure if you noticed, but 2014 has been a banner year for animal robots.

A 64-year-old animal trainer, he makes the six-hour round-trip every two weeks to submit to her and explore his sexuality.

In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

Both animal and man seemed to be dozing, but they woke into activity when the sahib approached.

A girl was moved to pity by a picture of a lamb caught in a thicket, and tried to lift the branch that lay across the animal.

The impulse to study appearances appears to reach far down in animal life.

Sometimes the animal was caught in a trap which was nothing less than a hut of logs with a single entrance.

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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to animal, such as: bodily, natural, brute, mammalian, wild, and beastly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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