A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia,differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion,nonphotosynthetic metabolism,pronounced response to stimuli,restricted growth,and fixed bodily structure.

• 动物动物界中的多细胞生物，某些典型特征与植物不同，如有运动能力，能进行非光合作用的新陈代谢，能对刺激产生有声反应，有限制的生长和固定的身体结构