animal treen.

Brit.

/ˈanᵻml ˌtriː/, U.S.

/ˈænəm(ə)l ˌtri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: animal n., tree n.

Etymology: < animal n. + tree n.

1. Zoology. Any colonial marine invertebrate with a branching growth form resembling that of a tree, as a gorgonian coral. Now disused.

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the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal > marine animal > with particular characteristics

leviathana1382

serpent1608

animal tree1823

blower1854

1823 A. de C. Brooke Trav. through Sweden, Norway, & Finmark xii. 321 This fish is found in the greater plenty in these parts..; delighting..in sporting about the branches of the gorgon, or animal tree.

1870 Marquis de Beauvoir Voy. round World I. xiii. 277 The branches of this animal tree commence at the bottom of the sea, and are knotted and interlaced like forest creepers.

1906 Chatterbox 237/1 Probably all of you have found the empty shells of these wonderful animal-trees dozens and dozens of times on the beach.

2. Biology. The evolutionary tree of the animal kingdom.

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1873 W. Wood Chronos iv. 62 The species of animals we see on the earth are the twigs of the great animal tree, the body and branches of which have long since perished.

1898 M. O. Wright Four-footed Americans viii. 99 Man himself..is the King of Animals,—living on the top branch of the same animal tree.

1965 Current Anthropol. 6 308/1 Of course it is correct that man is, in more than one sense, just an off-shoot of the animal tree.

2003 Integrative & Compar. Biol. 43 1075/2 Cnidarians, because of their basal placement in the animal tree.., are obvious candidates.

3. An ornamental shrub or tree clipped into the shape of an animal. rare.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > lopped or sculpted tree or pollard

pollinger1570

pollard1588

lop1656

runnel1673

bolling1691

rundlea1697

polder1704

lop-stick1821

animal tree1884

1884 N.E.D. at Animal sb. and a. Animal tree, one cut into the outline of an animal.

1998 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 13 June r21 Mendonca walks through his rain-swept garden,..his eyes averted from the looming shapes of his animal trees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	animal tree
释义	animal treen. Brit. /ˈanᵻml ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈænəm(ə)l ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: animal n., tree n. Etymology: < animal n. + tree n. 1. Zoology. Any colonial marine invertebrate with a branching growth form resembling that of a tree, as a gorgonian coral. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal > marine animal > with particular characteristics leviathana1382 serpent1608 animal tree1823 blower1854 1823 A. de C. Brooke Trav. through Sweden, Norway, & Finmark xii. 321 This fish is found in the greater plenty in these parts..; delighting..in sporting about the branches of the gorgon, or animal tree. 1870 Marquis de Beauvoir Voy. round World I. xiii. 277 The branches of this animal tree commence at the bottom of the sea, and are knotted and interlaced like forest creepers. 1906 Chatterbox 237/1 Probably all of you have found the empty shells of these wonderful animal-trees dozens and dozens of times on the beach. 2. Biology. The evolutionary tree of the animal kingdom. ΚΠ 1873 W. Wood Chronos iv. 62 The species of animals we see on the earth are the twigs of the great animal tree, the body and branches of which have long since perished. 1898 M. O. Wright Four-footed Americans viii. 99 Man himself..is the King of Animals,—living on the top branch of the same animal tree. 1965 Current Anthropol. 6 308/1 Of course it is correct that man is, in more than one sense, just an off-shoot of the animal tree. 2003 Integrative & Compar. Biol. 43 1075/2 Cnidarians, because of their basal placement in the animal tree.., are obvious candidates. 3. An ornamental shrub or tree clipped into the shape of an animal. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > lopped or sculpted tree or pollard pollinger1570 pollard1588 lop1656 runnel1673 bolling1691 rundlea1697 polder1704 lop-stick1821 animal tree1884 1884 N.E.D. at Animal sb. and a. Animal tree, one cut into the outline of an animal. 1998 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 13 June r21 Mendonca walks through his rain-swept garden,..his eyes averted from the looming shapes of his animal trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1823
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