animal

As in English, speakers mean land animals, whereas scientifically speaking animals mean all living forms that are not plants and various intermediate things like sponges.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

1. Fauna: animal
   kapul i stap long famili bilong ol animal marsupials bilong to the family of animals
   samting ol i kolim ‘katu’ em i wanpela animal, i no pis what is called a ‘katu’ is a land animal, it is not a fish

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