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beast

Noun

A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (synset 100015568)
associated with:
- ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
- micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size
- actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
- trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- humaneness - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
- body, organic structure - the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- side - either the left or right half of a body
- nose - the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- diet - the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
- transmitter, vector - any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- sitter - an organism (person or animal) that sits
- stander - an organism (person or animal) that stands
- wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch - a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes
- bone, debone - remove the bones from
- domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- drench - force to drink
- crop, graze, pasture - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- crested, topknotted, tufted - (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
- bone-covered - (of animals) armored with bone
- free-swimming, unattached - (of animals) able to swim about; not attached
- hispid - (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
- flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous - (of animals) carnivorous
- phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, plant-eating - (of animals) feeding on plants
- all-devouring - (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
- insectivorous - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
- epizootic - (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
- adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup - (of animals) fully developed
- half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed - (of animals) having only one purebred parent
- registered - (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book
- unregistered - (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association
- gregarious - (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- social - tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
subtypes:
- pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
- critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
- darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
- homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
- ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
- range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
- varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
- scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
- work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
- domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
- feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
- molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
- pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
- stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
- female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- adult - any mature animal
- offspring, young - any immature animal
- pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
- giant - any creature of exceptional size
- survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity
- mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation
- herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects
- acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
- pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
- zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
- conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
- chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- metazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
- omnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
- predator, predatory animal - any animal that lives by preying on other animals
- prey, quarry - animal hunted or caught for food
- game - animal hunted for food or sport
- hexapod - an animal having six feet
- biped - an animal with two feet
- larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
- racer - an animal that races
- fictional animal - animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
- captive - an animal that is confined
- mate - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
belongs to: animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
has:
- caput, head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- face - the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
substance holonym: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals

same as: animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna
A cruelly rapacious person (synset 109864997)
is a type of: aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks

same as: brute, savage, wildcat, wolf

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