The phrase "animal relatives" refers to the animals that are related or connected to each other by shared characteristics or ancestry.
Sentences with «animal relatives»
Some scientists think that when the bug rubs its penis against the tip of its abdomen, the hairs trap air and sound, making it the world's loudest animal relative to its size. (discovermagazine.com)
This comes from looking at the Hox genes in tardigrades and some of their invertebrate animal relatives. (newscientist.com)
This incongruous and oddly poignant coupling of ape, man's nearest animal relative, and fish, his primordial ancestor, expresses both opposition and symbiosis, and both a beginning and an end. (artlyst.com)