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animalier

/ ˌænɪˈmælɪeɪ; ˈænɪməˌlɪə /

noun

    1. a painter or sculptor of animal subjects, esp a member of a group of early 19th-century French sculptors who specialized in realistic figures of animals, usually in bronze
    2. ( as modifier )

      an animalier bronze



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Origin of animalier1

from French

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