types:
animal domestique
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
femelle
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
mâle
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
petit
any immature animal
pur-sang
a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
survivant
an animal that survives in spite of adversity
mutant
an animal that has undergone mutation
herbivore
any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
cordé
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
invertébré
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
prédateur
any animal that lives by preying on other animals
proie
animal hunted or caught for food
gibier
animal hunted for food or sport
larve
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
animal fictif
animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
poule
female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
mère
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
vertebré
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
arthropode
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
éponge
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
cnidaires
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
cténophore
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
asticot,
ver
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
chien,
chien domestique
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
lévrier
a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog
chenille
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
asticot,
larve
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
échinodermes
marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
pouliche
a young female horse under the age of four
poulain
a young male horse under the age of four