animal material

/ˌænəməl məˌtɪriəl/

Other forms: animal materials

Definitions of animal material

1. noun

   material derived from animals
   types:

   feather, plumage, plume

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

   animal product

   a product made from animal material

   animal oil

   any oil obtained from animal substances

   dentin, dentine

   a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth

   bone, osseous tissue

   the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

   horn

   the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

   shell

   the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

   animal fat

   any fat obtained from animals

   down, down feather

   soft fine feathers

   aftershaft

   a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds

   contour feather

   feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape

   alula, bastard wing, spurious wing

   tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing

   marabou

   the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments

   hackle

   long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

   flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather

   any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

   scapular

   a feather covering the shoulder of a bird

   ambergris

   waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

   lac

   resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

   Sonora lac

   resembling lac; secreted by a scale living on twigs of certain Mexican shrubs; used locally as medicine

   animal glue

   a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses

   fish glue

   gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish

   drying oil

   an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base

   ivory, tusk

   a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

   baleen, whalebone

   a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

   tortoiseshell

   the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles

   mother-of-pearl, nacre

   the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

   animal skin

   the outer covering of an animal

   blubber

   an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

   bone fat

   fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases

   Dippel's oil, bone oil

   dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

   bone oil

   the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture

   butterfat

   the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made

   cod liver oil, cod-liver oil

   an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D

   lanolin, wool fat, wool grease

   a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics

   fish oil, fish-liver oil

   a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish

   acylglycerol, glyceride

   an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils

   goose grease

   grease derived from geese

   halibut-liver oil

   a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A

   lard oil

   oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant

   menhaden oil

   a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather

   animal fiber, animal fibre

   fiber derived from animals

   neat's-foot oil

   a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather

   oleo oil

   obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication

   porpoise oil

   a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant

   dolphin oil

   an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant

   salmon oil

   a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather

   sardine oil

   oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap

   seal oil

   a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant

   shark oil, shark-liver oil

   a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A

   sperm oil

   an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale

   tallow

   obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

   tallow oil

   an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant

   beeswax

   a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs

   train oil, whale oil

   a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant

   wool oil

   any oil used to oil wool before spinning

   type of:

   material, stuff

   the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object