Semianimal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Half or partly animal. not-comparable

    "According to people who were there, he held séances in which he produced mysterious creatures out of nowhere — human forms, semihuman, animal, semianimal."

Example

More examples

"According to people who were there, he held séances in which he produced mysterious creatures out of nowhere — human forms, semihuman, animal, semianimal."

Etymology

From semi- + animal.

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