a living creature, typically differing from a plant in its capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid response to stimulation
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to — Mark Twain
any living creature apart from a human being
a mammal, or a mammal or reptile, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc
a person considered as a purely physical being
a coarse, unfeeling, or cruel person
informal a person or thing of a particular kind
a political animal
[Latin animal, from animalis animate, from anima soul]