Tra từ animal - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of animal
2 parts of an animal
3 animal behaviour
4 animal sounds
5 keeping and looking after animals
6 killing animals
animals as food BIRD², FISH², FOOD, MEAT
see also BIRD¹, INSECT, FISH¹

1 different kinds of animal
- a living creature that is not a plant: animal
- an animal which feeds on milk from its mother's body when young: mammal
- an animal such as a snake or a crocodile that has a scaly skin and lays eggs: reptile
- an animal that can live both on land and in water: amphibian
- a large kind of animal which disappeared from the earth a long time ago: dinosaur
- an animal that has a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the surroundings is cold-blooded; opposite: warm-blooded
- all the animals in the world make up the animal kingdom
- a group of animals that are similar to each other: species (plural species)
an endangered species
- a species of animal that no longer exists is extinct; noun (U): extinction
Note: animal is sometimes used to mean all living creatures that are not plants, sometimes to mean living creatures of this kind that are not humans, and sometimes to mean living creatures which have four legs (and therefore not including humans, birds, fish, insects or reptiles).
- animals living in natural surroundings are wild
wild rabbits
- wild animals, birds and plants: wildlife (noun U)
- animals that are kept on farms or in people's homes and are not wild are domestic
domestic cats
- animals that have become used to living near people and being controlled by them are tame, domesticated
- animals that live on farms: farm animals
- more on domestic animals CAT, COW, DOG, HORSE, PIG, SHEEP, FARM
- more on wild animals LION/LEOPARD/TIGER, SNAKE

2 parts of an animal
- the long thin part at the end of the body of an animal, bird or fish: tail
- one of the hard pointed things that cows, goats, etc have on their heads: horn
- the foot of animals such as cats, dogs and bears: paw
- the foot of animals such as cows and horses: hoof (plural hooves)
- one of the sharp nails on the feet of some animals and birds: claw
- one of the front legs of an animal with four legs: foreleg; one of the back legs: hind leg
- the soft thick hair on the body of some animals (for example, cats): fur (noun U); adjective: furry
- the hair or fur covering an animal's body: coat
a dog with a smooth coat
- the outer covering of many fish and reptiles: scales (noun plural); adjective: scaly

3 animal behaviour
- the natural home of an animal: habitat
the panda's natural habitat
- the hidden home of some wild animals: den
a lion's den
- a hole in the ground made by certain animals (for example, rabbits) in which they live: burrow
- an animal that lives naturally in an area is native (to a place), indigenous (to a place)
Lions are native to Africa. ◎ various native species of birds and animals
- when animals hide away and spend the winter in a deep sleep, they hibernate
- a group of large animals (for example, cows, goats, sheep, elephants): herd
a large herd of wildebeest
※ young animals
- young animals: young (noun plural)
Most animals will kill to protect their young.
- a young animal: (informal) baby
a baby bird/elephant
- when animals have sex and produce young, they mate
The penguins move away from the beach to make their nests and mate.
- ready to mate: on heat
- to produce young animals: breed*
Some animals will not breed in zoos.
- all the young animals that are born to one mother at the same time: litter
a litter of kittens/puppies
※ food and eating
- (used about animals) to eat: feed* (on sth)
Frogs feed mainly on insects.
- an animal that eats only meat: carnivore; adjective: carnivorous
- an animal that eats only plants: herbivore; adjective: herbivorous
Cows are herbivorous animals but lions are carnivores.
- (used about cows and sheep) to eat grass in a field: graze
Cows were grazing in the fields.
- to bite sth (for example a bone) many times, as some animals do: gnaw (at/on) sth, chew on sth
The dog was chewing on a bone.
- (used about a bird) to eat or bite sth with the beak: peck (at) sth
Look at that bird pecking at the berries in the tree.
- when an animal uses its tongue to drink, it laps sth (up)
- (used about an animal or bird) to kill and eat other animals or birds: prey on sth
Lions prey on young antelopes and zebras.
- an animal that kills and eats other animals: predator; an animal that is preyed on: prey (noun U)
- waste matter from the bodies of small animals and birds: droppings (noun plural)
- waste matter from the bodies of large animals: dung (noun U)
cow dung

4 animal sounds