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animals

  • plural
    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.

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“If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly,” Cruz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Despite his love of animals and a high school obsession with making Super 8 film, Goode was not, for much of his life, a likely candidate to be directing these documentaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

DUP MLA for Fermanagh South Tyrone Deborah Erskine said it is "clear that significant questions remain" and called for an apology to those who saw the animals being culled.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Most of these organisms lived before animals commonly developed shells, bones, or other hard body parts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

I took many imaginary beaver and muskrat but I did no more sets and killed no more animals.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen