Avena sterilis, a species of grass weed with edible seeds.

(dated) A small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once thought to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algae.

(dated) A flagellate protozoan belonging to Euglena and related genera, having a coloured spot like an eye at one end.

A textile made from a long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 50% by mass of one or more esters of monohydric alcohol and acrylic acid.

plural of animal cracker

(idiomatic) Synonym of rare bird / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, animal.

(pathology) a form of metabolic acidosis characterized by a high anion gap

(physiology) The difference between the levels of cations and anions in serum, plasma or urine (not counting hydrogen ions, bicarbonate and similar ions that determine the pH of the liquid)

plural of animal feed

plural of animal science