spirit animal
noun
spirit animals
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pluralof spirit animal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Stopping and spirit animals are just the kind of affectations that make “serious actors” such easy fodder for ridicule.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022
Suppose you took the idea that we have spirit animals not as a fable or a custom but as a fact about the world.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Storyteller Gene Tagaban shared the tale of Raven and the spirit animals, while Peter Ali played the flute and Swil Kanim played the violin.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Some base relationships off the Chinese zodiac, a classification system also calculated according to the lunar calendar, which assigns each year one of 12 spirit animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2017
The Cow Buffalo was, perhaps, only one of those spirit animals that prowl at night and utter strange cries.
From The Outcasts by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
