Animal
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 69 crossword solutions for Animal which appeared recently in Irish Independent - Simple.

We have deemed Animal as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 69 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "TIGER".

Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 9 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 6 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 3 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 5 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 22 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 6 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 1 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 27 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 25 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 24 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 22 Jul 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 25 Jun 2021

Crossword Answers

3 letters

GNU
Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

DOG
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; "the dog barked all night"

ASS
Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

YAK
Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

CAT
Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

PIG
Domestic swine

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PUMA
Large American feline resembling a lion

PONY
Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

HARE
Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

MOLE
Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

STAG
A male deer, especially an adult male red deer

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

GOAT
Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

DEER
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

LION
Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

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STOAT
The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail

PANDA
Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

MOOSE
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America

TAPIR
Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout

BRUTE
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

FAUNA
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

LLAMA
Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump

HYENA
Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

TIGER
Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

SHREW
Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

SHEEP
Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

BEAST
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

ZEBRA
Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

HORSE
Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

BISON
Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

ZOOID
One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan

OTTER
Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

LEMUR
Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

CAMEL
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

OKAPI
Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

CIVET
Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes

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WOMBAT
Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger

COYOTE
Small wolf native to western North America

WEASEL
Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

MAMMAL
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

BADGER
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

OCELOT
Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

CARNAL
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

FERRET
Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

RABBIT
Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

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RACCOON
An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

FLESHLY
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

SENSUAL
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

MUSKRAT
The brown fur of a muskrat

GIRAFFE
Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

POLECAT
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

GORILLA
Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

HAMSTER
Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

LEOPARD
Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

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SQUIRREL
A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

DORMOUSE
Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

REINDEER
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

ELEPHANT
Five-toed pachyderm

CHIPMUNK
A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body

ANTELOPE
Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

CREATURE
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

KANGAROO
Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

HEDGEHOG
Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

MONGOOSE
Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

MARMOSET
Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

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CHINCHILLA
A thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton

RHINOCEROS
Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

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ANIMATEBEING
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement