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Mindful

 OED :

 In predicative use: †having recollection or remembrance (obs.); taking thought or care, heedful; being conscious or aware. Freq. with of. Also with clause as object.

Urbandictionary :

 An incredibly Deep form or state of being in the mind which allows one to be truly united with the soul.

Merriam Webster Dictionary :

 aware of something that may be important

Animal

 OED : A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man

Animals are generally distinguished from plants by being unable to synthesize organic molecules from inorganic ones, so that they have to feed on plants or on other animals. They are typically able to move about, though this ability is sometimes restricted to a particular stage in their life cycle. They are eucaryotic and lack rigid cell walls. Animals constituted one of the three Linnaean kingdoms of natural objects, along with plants and minerals, and traditionally included protozoans. In current technical use animals are often defined as multicellular heterotrophs, and thus they now usually include sponges but exclude protozoans. Cf. Animalia n. The great majority of animals are invertebrates, of which there are some thirty phyla; the vertebrates constitute but a single subphylum.

Urban Dictionary :

Term used by janitors to call people who have pooped on urinals, floors, and in lockers. The janitor called the class in a room and said, "Who pooped on a plate, and stuck it in the locker with a paper saying 'Suprise!!!!'. We are humans not animals!"

Merriam Webster Dictionary;

a living thing that is not a human being or plant

Plant

OED:

Senses relating to the living organism.

Urban Dictionary:

A male or female that does not have sexual ambitions. 2. The person standing at the corner of a bar not socializing. 3. Asexual

Merriam Webster:

a living thing that grows in the ground, usually has leaves or flowers, and needs sun and water to survive