禽きん獣じゅう

noun

birds and beasts; animals; brutes

A somewhat literary or formal term for animals, especially wild ones, often with a nuance of being less than human. Can be used figuratively to insult a person as a brute.

• 山やまには多おおくの禽きん獣じゅうが棲すんでいる。

  Many birds and beasts live in the mountains.

• 彼かれはまるで禽きん獣じゅうのような振ふる舞まいをした。

  He behaved just like a brute.