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Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

f cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals.

A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.

Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal. Mayne.

h mite. (Zoöl.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox. -- Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. -- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

The male of certain animals, as of the ass.

Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.

Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death. Shak.

Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

The mane of an animal.

The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking. An animal whose juices are unsound. Arbuthnot. The juice of July flowers. B. Jonson. The juice of Egypt's grape. Shak. Letters which Edward Digby w…

A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.

A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy. Knight.

A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak.

ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. "The animal and vegetable kingdoms." Locke. Animal kingdom. See under Animal. -- Kingdom of God. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God. -- Mineral…

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.