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tric eel, torpedo, etc. -- Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. -- Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at n…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.

To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. Warburton.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostoma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's…

An animal resembling an annelid.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the choir, for the clergy and choristers.

Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

Resembling an anther.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.

o*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv. The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.