(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:14:46

Veg"e*to-an"i*mal (?), a. Biol.

Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.

 

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