lower animal
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Last November she blocked an application by Marineland to send the killer whales to a marine zoo in Japan, citing lower animal welfare regulations in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
All lower animal life is also spared, presumably to rediscover the peaceable kingdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dolphins, dogs and primates are the usual suspects when scientists talk about higher mental functions, but fairness, at least, extends even deeper into the lower animal kingdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of these monsters show a strong resemblance to lower animals, but there is no record that is in any degree scientific of a hybrid between a human being and a lower animal.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
