ANIMAL
(also see individual animals)
(for collective nouns of animals, see COMPANY)
ADJECTIVES
(all the following adjectives refer to animals)
1290 — RAMAGE wild, untamed, unruly, violent
1320 — BAUSAND — BAUSOND having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1398 — RAMAGEOUS — RAMAGIOUS wild, untamed, unruly, violent → obs.
1533 — TATTY shaggy with matted hair → Sc.
1535 — WANTON skittish, refractory → obs.
1540 — RAMMIST of an animal: wild, untamed → Sc. obs.
1552 — FATTY full of fat, plump, well-fed; said of animal limbs → obs.
1565 — WANTON frisky, frolicsome; said of young animals → chiefly poetic usage
1567 — ORPED fierce, furious → obs.
1568 — MAN-KEEN inclined to attack men; fierce, savage → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1586 — NAUGHTY vicious → obs.
1598 — SPRIGHTFUL lively, energetic, high-spirited, playful; said of an animal
1632 — SHEER of an animal: lean → obs.
1656 — JUMENTARIOUS pert. to juments (beasts of burden) → obs.
1660 — EFFETE that has ceased to bring forth offspring → obs.
1720 — WAFF wandering, stray → Sc.
1725 — BASSAND having a white spot or streak on the face
1737 — TICKLE easily scared; shy, wild → Eng. dial.
..E19 — GAME cantankerous → sl.
1816 — CLEVER docile, gentle; well-trained; said of animals → Amer. dial.
1826 — TICKLISH difficult to approach; shy
1871 — PHILOTHERIAN loving wild animals
1876 — ZOOLATROUS worshipping animals
1886 — RANGY of a long, slender form
1895 — BLUE drab, mouse-coloured → Amer. dial.
1898 — CAMEL-RIGG’D having a high, crooked back → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1901 — KEDGE-GUTTED said of an animal that has made itself ill by overeating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — HAZZLED speckled red and white → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — SNAKY unpredictable, wild; said of an animal, esp. a horse or cow → Amer. dial.
1905 — MAIDEN never having borne young → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUINTED over-filled, stuffed to repletion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1928 — FIDDLE-HEADED having an ugly-shaped head; having a head shaped like a violin → Amer. dial.
1945 — BROCKLED said of an animal covered with splotches of various colours → US
Western usage (Bk.)
1952 — HALF-BRINDLE-TO-BUCK of uncertain pedigree or ancestry → Amer. dial.
1961 — FAT AS A BUTTERBALL said of a plump, healthy animal → Amer. dial.
1966 — OFF-BRAND not intentionally bred → Amer. dial.
1967 — RACKY very thin, bony → Amer. dial.
1967 — TICKLE-BACKED sensitive to a load or rider on the back → Amer. dial.
1981 — ZOOPHILOUS loving animals (Bk.)
1997 — ANCIENT cunning → Irish sl. (Bk.)
INTERJECTIONS
1889 — WHEE! a call to animals, esp. for driving away pigs → Amer. dial.
1965 — SIC! a call to animals at feeding time → Amer. dial.
1967 — CHA-CHA-CHA! a call to animals to urge them forward or urge them to come → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
..950 — DEER a beast; usually a quadruped, as distinguished from birds and fishes; sometimes applied to animals of lower orders → obs.
..975 — LITTLING a young animal; the smallest pup, etc., of a litter → Eng. dial.
1000 — MAKE a mate, male or female; said especially of birds → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1175 — DEER-KIN beast-kind as distinct from man → obs.
1300 — HACKLE the natural covering of an animal, wool, feathers, etc. → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 — RABBLE a pack or swarm of animals → obs.
1300 — UNBEAST a wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
1375 — MART a slain animal; a carcass → obs.
1382 — JUMENT a beast of burden; also, a beast in general → obs.
1382 — PUTTER an animal that pushes or butts with the head or horns → obs.
1382 — SUCKER a young animal before it is weaned
1400 — CHITTERLINGS the small intestines of animals used for food
1400 — UMBLES the edible inward parts of an animal, usually of a deer
1410 — RIGGOLD an animal that has been imperfectly castrated, or whose genitals are not properly developed, esp. a male animal → Eng. dial.
1420 — SATANAS a fierce animal → obs.
1440 — BELLING the roaring of animals; bellowing → obs.
1460 — YEARING an animal a year old → obs.
1475 — RIG an animal that has been imperfectly castrated, or whose genitals are not properly developed; a male animal with only one testicle
1477 — CARRION a poor, wretched, or worthless beast → obs.
1481 — FAWN a young animal, a cub → obs.
1482 — GAME a flock or herd of animals kept for pleasure → obs.
1485 — CAMOIS an animal with a camois nose → obs.
1486 — PRIDE sexual desire, esp. in a female animal; heat → obs.
1508 — WALIDRAG — WALLIDRAG — WALLYDRAG a feeble, ill-grown animal → Sc.
1520 — TIDLING a young, delicate, or puny animal in need of special care → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1558 — FASH the long hair of an animal’s legs → Eng. dial.
1559 — RIGGOT an animal that has been imperfectly castrated, or whose genitals are not properly developed, esp. a male animal → Eng. dial.
1565 — MOONCALF a congenitally formed animal; a monster → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
1569 — CASE the skin or hide of an animal → obs.
1576 — HARBOUR the covert or place of retreat of wild animals
1589 — HILDING a worthless or vicious animal, especially a horse; a sorry hack → obs.
1589 — MASTER prefixed to names of animals to denote the leader of a herd, or one superior in fighting strength to the rest, as ‘master hog’
1590 — LAY the lair of animals
1590 — TIRELING a tired animal → obs.
1595 — GRUNTLE the snout of a pig, or other animal → Sc.
1601 — GABBLE the inarticulate noises made by animals
1605 — RONYON a mangy or scabby animal
1605 — WANTON a sportive or roguish animal, bird, etc. → obs.
1607 — ACEPHAL a (supposed) headless animal → obs.
1607 — CABINET the bed or nest of a beast or bird
1607 — PALUSTRIAN an animal inhabiting marshland → obs.
1610 — WALLET something in an animal’s body protuberant and swagging → obs.
1611 — FUSE the track of an animal → obs.
1611 — HOUSELING an animal which is reared by a person; a domesticated animal → Eng. dial., obs.
1612 — SYLVAN an animal living in or frequenting the woods
1621 — CROWL a stunted or frail animal; the smallest and weakest animal or bird in a litter or brood → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1626 — ACCUB the print of any creature’s foot → obs.
1629 — SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated animal
1635 — DAPPLE an animal with a mottled coat, as a horse or ass
1641 — KENNEL a pack or troop of animals, as wolves, leopards, and lions
1661 — ABORIGINES the animals or plants indigenous to place; flora or fauna → obs.
1677 — IMBOST foam from the mouth of an animal → obs.
1679 — APPURTENANCES the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal → Eng. dial.
1681 — WAIF-BEAST a stray animal of unknown ownership → Sc. obs.
1683 — HOOF an animal → US
1689 — CROP a crop-eared animal → obs.
1690 — JUMART a hybrid animal, erroneously believed to be the offspring of a bull and a mare or she-ass, or of a horse or ass and a cow
1701 — ESTRAY a beast that has strayed from its owner → US
1713 — ANIMAL COMPANION a domestic animal serving as a person’s companion; a pet
1724 — MARROW a mate; said of animals and birds → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1726 — SPLACKNUCK a strange animal; an imaginary animal of Brobdingnag
1737 — AVER a beast of burden; a horse, esp. a cart-horse, or worn-out, worthless animal → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1737 — HARIGALDS the viscera or pluck of an animal → Sc.
1740 — PLUMPING HOUSE a place where animals were fattened → US
1757 — MAN-KEEN a savage animal → obs.
1768 — ONBEAST a ravenous animal, a frightening bird or animal → Sc.
1770 — RAT a small or inferior animal
1777 — GALLIGANT a tall, ungainly animal → Eng. dial.
1777 — GALLIGANTER a tall, ungainly animal → Eng. dial.
1777 — GALLIGANTUS a tall, ungainly animal → Eng. dial.
1784 — ZOOLATRY worship of animals
1785 — BEASTIE a little animal; an endearing form of ‘beast’ → orig. Sc.
1785 — WAIF a stray animal → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — BLOACHER — BLUTCHER a huge animal of any kind → Eng. dial.
1790 — MAW-POT the stomach of an animal → Eng. dial.
..19C — BRALLION an unwieldy animal → Sc.
..19C — FERINE a wild beast
..19C — RASCAL a lean animal ֽ→ Eng. dial.
..19C — RATTEN a small animal of its kind → Sc.
..19C — RODGER a big, ugly animal → Sc.
..19C — TENT an engagement to look after animals or birds → Eng. dial.
..19C — TITTER an animal’s teat → Brit. colloq.
..E19 — JOEY a young animal → Aust. & NZ
..E19 — RACKABONE an emaciated animal → US sl.
..E19 — RACKER an emaciated animal → US sl.
..E19 — RAMES a very thin animal → Eng. dial.
1802 — SCRAE — SCRAY a thin, skinny animal → Sc.
1804 — RACK OF BONES a very thin, emaciated animal → Amer. sl.
1807 — ZOOMANIA an insane fondness for animals
1808 — DOTTLE the droppings of a small animal → orig. & chiefly Sc. & Ireland
1811 — CANTLE the leg of an animal → Eng. dial.
1813 — JABART an animal in a weak or debilitated state → Sc.
1815 — HALF BLOOD an animal with one purebred and one scrub parent → Amer. dial.
1818 — DARTER an animal that darts or moves swiftly
1818 — SCREAMER an extraordinary animal → Amer. dial.
1820 — RIBE a thin, lean animal; an animal in poor condition → Sc.
1822 — POLYPED an animal having many feet → obs.
1823 — BILCH — BILSH a thriving, stout animal → Sc.
1823 — YELPER a wild animal → sl.
1824 — MAW-BAG the stomach of an animal → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 — NAPSIE a small, fat animal, esp. a sheep → Sc.
1824 — REEPAN a very lean animal → Sc. obs.
1824 — RICKLE a very lean animal, a skeleton → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 — RICKLE OF BONES a very lean animal, a skeleton → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 — SADJELL a lazy, unwieldy animal → Sc.
1824 — TALLOW-LEAF the covering of fat which envelops the entrails of an animal → Sc.
1825 — GAMMONS — GAMMONTS the feet of an animal, often those of pigs → Sc.
1825 — GOOG the young of animals; an unfledged bird → Sc.
1825 — HAIK an animal in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, with the idea of scrounging → Sc.
1825 — OORACK a small puny creature or child; a small potato → Sc.
1825 — RAIK a roving, gadabout animal → Sc.
1825 — VISION a puny, emaciated animal; one who is wasting away → Sc.
1828 — HE-ANE the male of any animal → Sc.
1829 — PEBBLE a troublesome or obstinate animal → colloq., chiefly Aust.
1832 — MAMMIFER a mammal
1834 — ANATOMY a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — ANIMULE an animal, not necessarily a mule → Amer. dial., jocular usage
1834 — ATOMY a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — NOTOMIZE a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — NOTOMY — NOTTOMY a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — NOTTIMIZE a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — NOTTYMAZE a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — OTOMY a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1834 — TOMY a very thin, emaciated animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → Eng. dial.
1836 — SCULPIN an animal → Amer. dial., derogatory
1838 — BAG OF BONES a skinny animal → sl.
1838 — OGERHUNCH an animal in a very poor condition → Sc. obs.
1838 — OGERHUNCH an odd-looking, ugly, loathsome, or frightful animal; a bat → Sc. obs.
1838 — ONDOCHT a poor, weakly, emaciated animal; a good-for-nothing → Sc.
1839 — RUSHER an aggressive animal → US colloq., obs.
1839 — YAP — YAUP — YEP — YIP a perverse, wilful animal → Eng. dial.
1842 — BIRD a first-rate animal → US sl.
1843 — CHITLINGS the small intestines of animals used for food
1844 — HAPPY FAMILY a collection of birds and animals of different natures and propensities living together in harmony in one cage
1844 — SACKET a sorry-looking, broken-down animal → Sc.
1844 — TAILS the inferior animals of a flock or herd
1845 — DEAL the nipple, teat of a sow, cow, bitch, fox, etc. → Eng. dial.
1845 — RUSSIAN an unruly animal; with reference to cattle and other livestock → Aust.
1845 — SCRAG a scrawny or scruffy-looking animal → Amer. dial.
1847 — CRUBEEN the foot of an animal; a cooked pig’s foot → Ireland
.M19 — OLD PARTY an animal → sl., affectionate usage
1850 — NUGGET a thickset young animal, esp. a heifer or calf → Aust., chiefly rural usage
1852 — NUGGET an undersized animal; a runt
1853 — EGG-SUCKER a worthless animal, esp. a dog → Amer. dial., derogatory
1854 — RACKERBONE a very thin, emaciated animal → Amer. sl.
1854 — SCALAWAG — SCALLAWAG — SKALAWAG an animal of poor quality or little value → Amer. dial.
1858 — TEAM a litter or a number of animals of any kind, esp. pigs → Eng. dial.
1858 — ZOOLATRY excessive attention to a domestic pet
1859 — BABY a tiny or diminutive animal
1859 — DIMINITY a diminutive animal → Eng. dial.
1859 — JOHN the male of any animal → Amer. dial.
1860 — PUG the footprint of an animal
1860 — PUG-MARK the footprint of an animal
1861 — LANK a lean creature; a spent herring → Sc.
1866 — FABRIC a large, clumsy animal → Sc.
1866 — GARRON — GURRAN a thickset animal → Sc.
1866 — HAIKER an animal in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, with the idea of scrounging → Sc.
1866 — JABB a big-boned, lean animal with its strength well nigh exhausted → Sc.
1866 — RAMMEL a big-boned, scraggy animal → Sc.
1866 — SCADDIN a lean, emaciated animal → Sc.
1870 — SCRAB an undergrown, sickly animal → Sc.
1871 — RANEGILL — RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent animal → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1871 — WALLY-DRAGGLE a feeble, ill-grown animal → Sc.
1872 — BEASTLING a little animal
1873 — ODD-COME-SHORTS the dry droppings of animals → Eng. dial.
1874 — SCOPPERIL — SKOPERIL a lively, restless animal → Eng. dial.
1878 — APRON the diaphragm of an animal → Eng. dial.
1878 — WAMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1879 — PACKING the assembling of gregarious beasts or birds
1880 — BRINGER — BRINJER a name given to an animal, implying fierceness or high spirits → Amer. dial.
1881 — RUSTLER an animal, esp. a domesticated one, that finds food for itself by foraging → US
1882 — JAM — JAMB a big, ugly animal → Sc.
1882 — MACROBIOTE a long-lived animal
1882 — MERDIL — MERDLE a huddle of small animals → Sc.
1883 — CATAPLEXY the temporary paralysis or hypnotic state in animals when ‘shamming death’
1883 — SCLEM a hungry, thievish animal → Eng. dial.
1884 — BEDLAM a troublesome animal → Eng. dial.
1884 — HAKES an animal that wanders in an unsettled manner over the pasture, or strays from it → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1885 — OUTLAW an animal, esp. a horse, that is unmanageable or untamable → Amer. dial.
1886 — DOWNER a domestic animal that is unable to stand up, esp. due to illness or injury → colloq., orig. US
1887 — TICKLER a shrewd, cunning animal → Sc.
1888 — SCRALLION a thin, scraggy animal → Eng. dial.
1890 — MALE BEAST a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull → Amer. euphemism
1890 — STOCK BEAST a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull → Amer. euphemism
1892 — ASHIEPATTLE a dirty, lazy animal → Sc.
1892 — ASHIEPELT a dirty, lazy animal → Ireland
1892 — WALLOPA-WILLIPUS — WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a fictitious animal → Amer. dial.
1894 — RADGER a wild, intractable creature → Sc.
1895 — ALL-NIGHTER an animal which prowls throughout the night, as a raccoon → Amer. dial.
1895 — TINCTUMUTANT an animal that changes colour
1897 — OORIK a weak, puny animal; a starveling → Sc.
1897 — REUL an unruly animal → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1897 — SCOW a thin, bony animal → Sc.
1897 — ULLYA-PLUCK wool, hair, or feathers as remains of the carcass of an animal or bird → Sc.
1898 — ALARM a cry of a bird or animal → Ireland (Bk.)
1898 — ASHYPET a dirty, lazy animal → Ireland (Bk.)
1898 — BAGREL an animal that is corpulent and not otherwise well-grown → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BAR a streak of colour on an animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BAUSY a big, fat animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BED the womb or uterus of an animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BELKY an obese animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BELLICON an obese animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — RAG a lean, scraggy animal or fish → Sc.
1898 — VENIM — VENOM a vicious animal → Sc.
1899 — SAVAGE a young animal troublesome to rear → Sc.
..L19 — PODGE a short, stout, thickset animal → sl.
..20C — LAD an animal → Irish sl.
..20C — PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the rump of an animal (whether or not the animal jumps over fences) → US colloq.
1900 — FAA the intestines of an animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — NEUTER a castrated animal
1900 — WITHERLICK an imaginary or mythical animal → Amer. dial.
1900 — WORKS the intestines of an animal → Aust. & US sl.
1902 — BOAR the male of any small animals → Amer. dial.
1902 — HARRY the male of any species of animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LAIGHIE-BRAID an animal having short legs and a thick body → Sc. (Bk.)
1903 — PEB a troublesome animal → Aust. sl.
1903 — RIG a half or whole gelding; a castrated animal → sl. (Bk.)
1904 — BOOJUM an imaginary animal, particularly dangerous kind of ‘snark’
1904 — REEBLE a greedy animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCALY a tall, thinly-made animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRABBLE a small, scraggy animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRAIL a thin, lean animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRAMMEL a lean, gaunt, ill-favoured animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIBE a thin, lank animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — BUZZARD BAIT a thin, sickly animal → Amer. dial.
1905 — MAN a male animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASTER-BEAST the most powerful beast in a herd; the leader of a herd → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NAPPATANZER an animal → Eng. dial., humorous usage (Bk.)
1905 — OAF an animal whose face is so covered with hair that it can scarcely see → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS the dry droppings of animals → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ONMARK a troublesome or refractory animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — ORF a puny animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — PAIK → PAKE a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in ‘auld paik’ → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — QUEAK the weak, peeping cry of the young of small animals → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — RAGABANES the skeleton of a fish or animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — TARLE a small, weak animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — THRUTCH-PUDDINS a chubby animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNDERLING the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNDER-LOUT an animal that is weak or inferior to the rest → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — MUCKLE-DUN an animal of a muddy grey or brown colour → Amer. dial.
1906 — MUTT any animal → sl.
1907 — LIZARD a worthless animal, esp. a racehorse → Amer. sl.
1908 — ACAMY — AKAMY a weak or infirm animal → Sc.
1908 — RAK a lean, emaciated animal → Sc.
1908 — VIRE an outstanding animal → Sc.
1910 — GUZINTERS an animals innards → Aust. sl.
1910 — RAVEN’S BIT an animal that is going to die → Ireland (Bk.)
1910 — SPRUNGE an animal that is miserable and small for its age → Ireland (Bk.)
1910 — WAPALOOSIE an imaginary animal → Amer. dial.
1911 — BELCH a very fat animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLICHAN a lean, worn-out animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOYTACH a small, dumpy animal → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 — HELLCAT a skittish animal, esp. a horse → Amer. dial.
1912 — LUNKER an animal, esp. a fish, which is an exceptionally large example of its species → Amer. sl.
1913 — WAMPUS CAT an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1914 — GOOSE HEAVEN the abiding place of late lamented animal pets → Amer. dial.
1914 — MOONER an imaginary animal said to live in the woods → Amer. dial.
1914 — ORTS entrails of animals; guts of a fish → Amer. dial.
1915 — FEIST — FICE — FISTE — FYST an animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered → Amer. dial.
1919 — DOG an inferior animal; a cheap horse → Amer. dial.
1920 — FURBALL a furry animal
1921 — WILLIPUS-WAMPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman → Amer. dial.
1922 — WHIFFENPUFF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named → Amer. dial.
1924 — RAMMOCK a large, raw-boned worthless animal → Sc.
1929 — SANCHO a runty animal, esp. an orphaned one → Amer. dial.
1934 — JOHNNY the male of any animal → Amer. dial.
1935 — HAT-RACK a scraggy animal → sl.
1936 — TAILING the least desirable segment of a herd of animals; a weak or slow animal → Amer. dial.
1937 — BOOGER — BUGGER an animal → Amer. dial.
1939 — FATHER a male animal kept for breeding purposes → Amer. dial., euphemism
1939 — MOON CRUMBLER an imaginary animal said to live in the woods → Amer. dial.
1940 — RAWHIDE an emaciated animal → Amer. dial.
1940 — SCUTTER a varmint; a critter → Amer. dial.
1941 — JUDAS GOAT an animal trained to lead other animals into slaughter → US sl.
1941 — TAILENDER a scrawny or poor-quality animal → Amer. dial.
1942 — EASY KEEPER an animal requiring little care → Amer. dial.
1942 — PUNK a young animal, esp. a baby lion → Amer. circus sl. (Bk.)
1943 — EASY KEEP an animal requiring little care → Amer. dial.
1943 — NO-HOPER an unpromising animal, as a second-rate racehorse, greyhound, etc. → sl., orig. Aust.
1944 — BED-SLAT RIB a protruding rib of an emaciated animal → Amer. dial.
1944 — BED-SLAT an emaciated animal → Amer. dial.
1950 — BUZZARD an animal, a creature → sl.
1950 — HARD KEEPER an animal requiring a lot of food or care to maintain good condition → Amer. dial.
1950 — PAPA a male animal, esp. one used for breeding purposes; a bull → Amer. euphemism
1952 — BRUTE BEAST an animal → Amer. dial. arch.
1954 — WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1955 — JACKALOPE an imaginary animal → Amer. dial.
1960 — DADDY a stallion; a bull; a male pig; a male animal kept for breeding purposes → Amer. dial.
1960 — OFF-BREED an animal of mixed or indeterminate ancestry; a mongrel → US sl.
1961 — BROCKLE an animal covered with splotches or spots of different colours → Amer. dial.
1963 — RADGE a wild, obstreperous animal → Sc.
1965 — DEADHEAD a lazy, worthless animal → Amer. dial.
1965 — MAVERICK a rough, untamed, or feral animal → Amer. dial.
1966 — DINK an ill-shaped or small animal → Amer. dial.
1966 — MUCKLEDY-DUN an animal of a muddy grey or brown colour → Amer. dial.
1967 — GRASS BLOOM the healthy sleekness of an animal’s coat due to its having eaten plenty of grass → Amer. dial.
1967 — RACK a very thin, bony animal → Amer. dial.
1969 — DANCHY an imaginary animal or monster used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1969 — THE PAW a male animal kept for breeding purposes; a bull → Amer. euphemism
1970 — MAIL CARRIER a wildcat that appears to make regular rounds from place to place → Amer. dial.
1972 — RAGE an animal, known for wild behaviour → Aust., NZ., & US students’ sl.
1972 — RAGER an animal, known for wild behaviour → Aust., NZ., & US students’ sl.
1978 — GUY an animal; a household pet; a dog → Amer. sl.
1981 — ZOOPHOBIA fear of animals (Bk.)
1986 — BIOTA the animal or plant life of a particular region (Bk.)
1986 — DORAPHOBIA an intense fear of contact with animal fur or skin (Bk.)
1991 — ZOOMANIA an abnormal love of animals (Bk.)
1996 — WHIPPET a female animal → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
2008 — AGRIZOOPHOBIA fear of wild animals (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1400 — MASTER the owner of a living creature, as a dog, horse, slave; also, the man whom an animal is accustomed to obey
1495 — LEADER a person who has the charge of animals → obs.
1525 — MALISON a person who is cruel to animals → Eng. dial.
1650 — ZODIOGRAPHER a person who writes about or describes animals → obs.
..19C — TENTING-LAD a boy who ‘tents’ or who looks after animals or drives away birds → Eng. dial.
1827 — WHACKER a driver of animals; a drover; an ox or mule driver → Amer. dial.
1829 — ZOOPHILIST a lover of animals
1871 — PHILOTHERIAN a person who loves wild animals
1886 — ANIMALIST an artist who makes figures of animals; an animal-painter or sculptor; also, a writer who deals with stories of animals
1889 — TENTER a person engaged to look after animals or drive away birds → Eng. dial.
1890 — TENT-BOY a boy who ‘tents’ or who looks after animals or drives away birds → Eng. dial.
1937 — TRAILER a person who rides behind a herd of animals → Amer. dial.
1981 — ZOOPHILE a person who loves animals, esp. one who is opposed to vivisection or other such experimentation (Bk.)
1986 — FAUNIST a person who studies or writes on animal life; a naturalist (Bk.)
PHRASES
1905 — BROUGHT UP WITH THE PAN AND THE SPOON brought up by hand, not suckled → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1225 — FROT to stroke or caress an animal → obs.
1225 — SMITE to strike with a claw, hoof, etc. → obs.
1470 — HEAD to remove the head of an animal
1577 — DAM to give birth to young → obs.
1583 — GATE to walk → obs.
1590 — IMBOST to drive a hunted animal to extremity; to cause to foam at the mouth → obs.
1599 — HARBOUR to have its retreat or resort; esp. said of a stag
1750 — FALL to be born → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1832 — TENT to watch or mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1865 — BLORE to bleat, to bray, to bellow → Eng. dial.
1866 — YABBLE to chatter, gobble, or bark excitedly → Sc.
1876 — TORFLE — TORPLE — TURFLE — TURPLE of an animal: to die → Eng. dial.
1893 — BOOGER to shy, to behave skittishly; esp. said of a horse or steer → Amer. dial.
20C.. — SEND THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to hit an animal hard enough to kill it → W. Indies sl.
1905 — MANNER to train an animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MATHER to turn round before lying down, as an animal does → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NEESHIN to desire the male → Sc. (Bk.)
1923 — BREAK OUT to break or train an animal to work → Amer. dial.
1925 — OWN to nurse and care for her young; said of a mother animal → Amer. dial.
1929 — LAY AWAY to destroy, to put down → Amer. dial.
1933 — CACK to throw cactus on an animal to make it fight → Amer. dial.
1941 — BOUNCE to change the direction of movement of an animal, as cattle → Amer. dial.
1967 — FAN to kick up the heels → Amer. dial.