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A dog is a nonhuman animal.
What does Nonhuman mean?
Nonhuman means not human.
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Not human; related to animals, machines, or other things that are not people.
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The story included a nonhuman character that could talk.
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Scientists study nonhuman behavior to learn about animal communication.
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WordNonhuman.
Partadjective, noun.
MeaningNonhuman means not human.
ExampleExample: A dog is a nonhuman animal.
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- Syllables
- non · hyoo · mun
- Strongest beat
- hyoo
- Ending
- mun
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on hyoo.
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not humanPlain meaning of nonhuman.
animalUse when the nonhuman being is an animal.
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nonhumans
More than one nonhuman being.
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