What does animalian mean?
Animalian means (sciences) Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(sciences) Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans..
To give an instance from the animalian side of Linnaeus's efforts, he may have classified the swift (Hirundo apus) and the swallow (Hirundo rustica) together because of general similarity … .
We stood before the Lord in the high-backed chair, and I saw that the wood figures of his regal throne were, of course, animalian, feline and diabolical.
He did not look at her because he did not wish to see that deliciously animalian slit of her mouth, naked and red, beneath the white mask that made her eyes look so feline.
His big hands clutched him about the collar of the suit that had once been fine, and he was shaking him with animalian violence, shoving him[…].
Use animalian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Animalian means (sciences) Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans..
Common synonyms include animalic, bestial, beastly, animalesque.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To give an instance from the animalian side of Linnaeus's efforts, he may have classified the swift (Hirundo apus) and the swallow (Hirundo rustica) together because of general similarity … .
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