Wikipedia:

Animal | Animals | Animalia | Metazoa

Summary:

a major group of mostly multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are ...  (38 of 4076 words, 11 images)

Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal  [cite]

Wikipedia:

Animal (disambiguation)

Summary:

a taxonomic member of the Kingdom Animalia. Animal or Animals may also refer to: Animal (Muppet), a drummer character in The Muppet Show band, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem | Animal, nickname of a regular character in Takeshi's Castle | The ...  (40 of 419 words, 33 senses)

Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal (disambiguation)  [cite]

Columbia:

animal

Summary:

any member of the animal kingdom (kingdom Animalia), as distinguished from organisms of the plant kingdom (kingdom Plantae) and the kingdoms Fungi, ...  (22 of 376 words)

Link:

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0804080.html  [cite]

Wiktionary:

animal | animals [plural] | beast | creature | brute | monster | savage | beastly | bestial | untamed | wild | animalistic | animal magnetism | manimal

Summary:

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing ...  (38 of 268 words, 9 senses, 2 etymologies, pronunciation)

Link:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animal  [cite]

Merriam-Webster:

animal | animallike

Summary:

any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (as protozoans) that typically ...  (22 of 160 words, 9 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Link:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal  [cite]

Random House:

animal

Summary:

any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move ...  (20 of 157 words, 8 senses, pronunciation)

Link:

http://dictionary.infoplease.com/animal  [cite]

Encarta:

animal | animals [plural]

Summary:

a living organism that is distinguished from plants by independent movement and responsive sense organs | a land mammal other than a human being | ...  (23 of 124 words, 7 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Link:

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary 1861585667/definition.html  [cite]

Britannica:

animal

Summary:

Any member of the kingdom Animalia, a group of many-celled organisms that differ from members of the two other many-celled kingdoms, the plants and ...  (24 of 99 words)

Link:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/25501/animal  [cite]