Tezaurus:animal

Tezaurus

animal

English

Noun

Smisao: a multicellular organism that is usually mobile

Synonyms

• animal
• beast
• beastie (informal)
• creature
• critter (informal)
• deer (obsolete)

Hyponyms

By sex or age

• female animal
• male animal
• youngling

Largest groups

• vertebrate
• invertebrate

Vertebrates

• fish
• amphibian
• reptile
• bird
• mammal

Invertebrates

• arthropod
• insect
• arachnid
• crustacean
• mollusc

By what they eat

• herbivore
• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Informal kinds or categories

• bug
• creepy-crawly
• fowl
• livestock
• pet

Hypernyms

• living thing
• organism

See also

• Category:Animals

Further reading

• “366. animal” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “Tezaurus:animal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.