animals

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of animal.
  animal

  noun

  any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

animals

Because Alzheimer's is an age-related disease, the team needed to conduct experiments using older animals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Honshu, who escaped two years ago, was part of a troop of 37 animals at the park.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Harbour: Traditionally in art, there’s two realities in us — part of us is gods and part of us is animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The findings from Dubilier and her colleagues suggest that animals may help degrade natural bioplastics alongside microorganisms.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

He’d been a little obsessed with animals back then, so first he’d pictured elephant seals waddling on top of official-looking papers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Related Words

• beast
• creature
• pet