Lebewesen — meaning in English

English meaning

• animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
• creature noun A living being, especially an animal.
• organism noun A complete, living individual thing, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or microbe.

Senses

Lebewesen is used for these senses in English:

• animal (science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
• creature A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
• living thing An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.
• organism Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]

animal — full definition

1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

creature — full definition

1. noun A living being, especially an animal.
2. noun An imaginary or monstrous being, especially in fiction or myth.
3. noun A person who is completely controlled by or dependent on someone else.

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