animal
noun
[ ˈanɪm(ə)l ]
• a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.
• "wild animals adapt badly to a caged life"
animal
adjective
• relating to or characteristic of animals.
• "the evolution of animal life"
• relating to or denoting the pole or extremity of an embryo that contains the more active cytoplasm in the early stages of development.
Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Latin animal, based on Latin animalis ‘having breath’ from anima ‘breath’; the adjective via Old French from Latin animalis .
