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Feeding on animals.

A lover of animals. Southey.

Love of animals.

A zoöphyte. [R.]

Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column.

The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoölogists. It included the coelenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.…

Of or pertaining to zoöphytes.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoöphyte.

Of or pertaining to zoöphytology; as, zoöphytological observations.

The natural history zoöphytes.

An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Animal psychology.

A cooperator. [R.] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak.

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

h a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.