(chiefly Canada, US) French fries that are served with melted cheese, grilled onions, and Thousand Island dressing or special sauce instead of ketchup.

plural of animal husbandry

Synonym of animal testing

(zoology) Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.

(now rare) An organism having characteristics of both plants and animals; a zoophyte, later chiefly an animal with structural resemblances to a plant.

stuffed animal

An animal spirit that guides, helps, or protects a person or group of people. / (informal, humorous) A person with whom one has a deep connection due to shared beliefs etc.

spirit animal

(embryology) The hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers and is composed of small cells that are in a state of rapid division.

(Internet, mainly in the plural) A photograph of an animal or human captioned with quotations typical of a stereotype or stock character. The background of the original image is often replaced with a colour wheel.