The nadir (UK: /ËnÃ¦dÉªÉr/), (US: /ËneÉªdÉªÉr/) (from Arabic: ÙØ¸ÙØ±ââ / ALA-LC: naáºÄ«r, meaning counterpart[a]) is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface there.
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. Classified under: Nouns with no superordinates. Synonyms: animal; animate being; beast; creature; fauna; brute. Hypernyms (animal is a kind of...): being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently) Meronyms (parts of animal): caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains) face (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face) Meronyms (substance of animal): animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)
Companion Animal. An animal that a human keeps as a companion; pet. This phrase is popular among animal rights activists who find the idea of owning a pet to be exploitative. My neighbor offered to care for my companion animals while I'm out of town next week. #pet #animal #animal rights #animal rights activist #animal companion.