Bestia — meaning in English
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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.
- beast noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- lupus noun An autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissue, most commonly referring to systemic lupus erythematosus.
Senses
Bestia is used for these senses in English:
- Lupus (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
- beast (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
- beast A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- wild animal Any (nonhuman) animal living in a natural, undomesticated state.
animal — full definition
- noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
- noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
- adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
beast — full definition
- noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilised person.
- noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.