ANIMAL MATERIAL

Pronunciation (US):

• ANIMAL MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun ANIMAL MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. material derived from animals

  Familiarity information: ANIMAL MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

• ANIMAL MATERIAL (noun)

Meaning:

Material derived from animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("animal material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal material"):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

animal product (a product made from animal material)

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

dentin; dentine (a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth)

bone; osseous tissue (the porous calcified substance from which bones are made)

horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)

shell (the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals)

animal fat (any fat obtained from animals)