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animal

NounSino-Korean: 動物

  1. 1

    animal

    Among two categories of living things, those that get nutrients by eating their prey and move their bodies freely.

    Korean definition: 생물계의 두 갈래 가운데 먹이로 영양분을 얻고 자유롭게 몸을 움직일 수 있는 생물.

    • Biologically speaking, humans also belong to the animals.

    • Animals, including humans, have no cell walls, but plants do.

  2. 2

    animal

    Living things other than human, such as crawling, feathered, aquatic animals.

    Korean definition: 사람을 제외한 길짐승, 날짐승, 물짐승 등의 움직이는 생물.

    • What sets humans apart from animals is that only humans have language.

    • Our research team discovered that animals also get stressed, just like people.