ANIMAL PRODUCT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A product made from animal material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("animal product" is a kind of...):

animal material (material derived from animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal product"):

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)

animal skin (the outer covering of an animal)

animal fiber; animal fibre (fiber derived from animals)

beeswax (a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs)