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bestia

Definitions of bestia
  1. noun
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    synonyms: animal, criatura, fauna
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    examples:
    Mickey mouse
    a fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney
    Pato Donald
    a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney
    Lucy
    incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
    types:
    bicho
    any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
    carroñero
    any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
    animal de carga
    an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
    animal doméstico
    any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
    animal de compañía
    a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
    animal marino
    any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
    hembra
    an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
    macho
    an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
    adulto
    any mature animal
    cría, vástago
    any immature animal
    pura sangre
    a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
    gigante
    any creature of exceptional size
    superviviente
    an animal that survives in spite of adversity
    mutante
    an animal that has undergone mutation
    herbívoro
    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
    insectívoro
    any organism that feeds mainly on insects
    zooplancton
    animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
    embrión
    an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
    cordado
    any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
    invertebrado
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    omnívoro
    an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
    depredador, predador
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
    presa
    animal hunted or caught for food
    caza
    animal hunted for food or sport
    bípedo
    an animal with two feet
    larva
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
    corredor
    an animal that races
    animal de ficción, animal ficticio
    animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
    animal en cautividad
    an animal that is confined
    pareja
    the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
    bicho, sabandija
    any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
    acémila, bestia de carga, cabalgadura
    an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
    cabeza
    a single domestic animal
    cría de mamífero
    any immature mammal
    padre
    male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
    madre
    female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
    carnívoro
    any animal that feeds on flesh
    blástula
    early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
    cefalocordado
    fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
    urocordado
    primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    vertebrado
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    pollo
    a bird that is still young
    artrópodo
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    mamífera
    animals that nourish their young with milk
    zoófito
    any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge
    esponja, poríforo
    primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
    cnidario
    radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    ctenóforo
    biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
    gusano
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
    molusco
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    polaina
    a young oyster or other bivalve
    can, perro
    a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
    galgo, lebrel
    a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog
    felis catus, felis domesticus
    any domesticated member of the genus Felis
    caza mayor
    large animals that are hunted for sport
    ave de caza
    any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
    oruga
    a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
    ninfa
    a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
    rezno
    botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
    gusano
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
    forónido
    hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
    briozoo
    sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
    braquiópodo
    marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
    equinodermo
    marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
    potra, potranca
    a young female horse under the age of four
    caballo
    the male of species Equus caballus
    corredor de obstáculos
    a horse trained to run in steeplechases
    buey
    castrated bull
    renacuajo
    a larval frog or toad
    alevín
    a fish that is young
    type of:
    forma de vida, organismo, ser, ser vivo
    a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
  2. noun
    a cruelly rapacious person
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    type of:
    agresor, asaltador, asaltante
    someone who attacks
  3. noun
    a person of subnormal intelligence
  4. noun
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
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    type of:
    antipático
    a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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