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FICTIONAL ANIMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fictional animal mean?
• FICTIONAL ANIMAL (noun)
The noun FICTIONAL ANIMAL has 1 sense:
1. animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
Familiarity information: FICTIONAL ANIMAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("fictional animal" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Instance hyponyms:
Easter bunny (a rabbit that delivers Easter eggs)
church mouse (a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll)
Mickey Mouse (a fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney)
Minnie Mouse (the partner of Mickey Mouse)
Donald Duck (a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney)
Mighty Mouse (a fictional mouse endowed with great strength and courage)
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