Definition of higher animals in US English:
higher animals
plural nounˈhaɪ(ə)r ˈænəməlz
Animals of relatively advanced or developed characteristics, such as mammals and other vertebrates.
it is a universal characteristic of higher animals that they senesce
Example sentencesExamples
- Development of microbial populations in the alimentary tract of higher animals commences soon after birth.
- Nevertheless, all higher animals require vitamin C, and its function within organisms is always the same.
- In contrast to higher animals, plants are built from a successive arrangement of modules that enables them to grow during their entire lifetime.
- The emerging fact that higher animals share much of their DNA with humans was certainly influential.
- Securing and maintaining control over some territory for hunting food is the top existential priority of higher animals.