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The act of moving from place to place. " Animal locomotion." Milton.

Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.

To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.

A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long- horned.

An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.

An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

An animal whose fur was formerly much in req [Written also lusern and luzern.] The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. Beau. & Fl.

A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

asitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.

To recall a hawk or other animal.

elancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.

with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.

A macrodont animal.

Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America]

Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc. -- Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with gre…