Vĕġ'e-to-ăn'i-mal, a.
a. Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter;—a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance, in appearance and properties, to similar animal products.
a. Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter;—a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance, in appearance and properties, to similar animal products.