animal shape

Beast's bodily form

Animal shape refers to the form or outline of an animal's body, or to a shape resembling an animal.

Children learn to identify animal shapes in picture books or cut cookies into animal shapes.

The phrase also appears in folklore and fantasy contexts where characters assume animal form: The witch could take any animal shape she wished.

Related

cookie cutter · shadow · beast · figure · morph · contour · profile · body · body type · mammal · predator · wild · wild thing · instinct · paw · snout · tail · fur

Opposites
geometric regularity

animal shapegeometric shape

Mathematically defined form

regular polygon · circle · square · triangle · rectangle

representational vs. abstract

animal shapeabstract shape

Geometric figure without referent

abstract pattern · random pattern

living vs. non-living reference

animal shapearchitectural form

Style of constructed structure

Family

animal, shape, animals, animalistic, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G