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According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the American Heritage Dictionary and numerous other online sources, the word animal is derived from the Latin animalis- having breath, living, of air (a living being or being that breathes air). Animalis is an adjective that is derived from the noun anima- breath, soul.
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∙ 13y agoanimals are called animals cause called them animals.
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