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aardwolf

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

s, and the grammarian Festus's comment that "the ancients said brutus for gravis ['heavy']" ("brutum antiqui gravem dicebant").

Noun

derivative of brute entry 1, perhaps after Medieval Latin brūtum "brute animal"

brute

noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings //it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes
Synonyms

animal beast beastie creature critter
Related Words

blastie [Scottish] varmint vermin
biped quadruped
carnivore herbivore insectivore
invertebrate vertebrate
domestic animal pet
feral
livestock stock
a mean, evil, or unprincipl
s, and the grammarian Festus's comment that "the ancients said brutus for gravis ['heavy']" ("brutum antiqui gravem dicebant").
Noun
derivative of brute entry 1, perhaps after Medieval Latin brūtum "brute animal"

brute

noun

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