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An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

; plural of Beef, the animal.

An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15- 24.

Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.] Animal and belluine life. Atterbury.

The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. Underneath the belly of their steeds. Shak.

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

ms, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. -- Benzoic aldehyde, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO, intermediate in composition bet…

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]

A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body.

eddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. Milton.

Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Having two eyes. "Most animals are binocular." Derham.

Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs. Binomial theorem (Alg.), the theorem which expresses the law of formation of any power of a binomial.

The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zoögeography and phytogeography. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic (#), a. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

ssue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

Animal magnetism.

A two-footed animal, as man.