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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beast/biːst/

▶noun

1 an animal, especially a large or dangerous mammal.
■ a bovine farm animal.

2 an inhumanly cruel or depraved person.

– origin ME: from OFr. beste, based on L. bestia.

'beasts' also found in these Oxford entries:

cattle - king of beasts

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