Meanings of solitary animal in English

In the solitary animal, the everyday producers of shock are pain, fright and wounds.

For a moment, she stood alone, a solitary animal away from the protection of the herd.

Introspection tends to make of man a solitary animal, the absence of it a social one.

A solitary animal now, it was careful.

He is a scarce and solitary animal, and being good food he is never allowed to escape.

And so, at dawn he was up and out, to try and discover where the solitary animal had its lair.

It is not a solitary animal, but prefers the society of its companions, and usually goes about in troops or gangs.

They all stretched themselves out to encompass and make sure of this solitary animal, for their lives depended on their success.

They now all stretched themselves out to encompass and make sure of this solitary animal, for their lives depended upon their success.

Communal animals sometimes engage in wanton attacks, but it is hard to imagine any other solitary animal capable of a tiger's ambitious and intelligent savagery.

A small pen with a solitary animal in it at once suggests the prison-and-prisoner idea, and sometimes arouses pity and compassion rather than pleased admiration.

He once told me about polar bears-whatsolitary animals they are.

As for Nkosi, rhinos are solitary animals, so his job is pretty much done.

Bears were fairly solitary animals, especially compared to cows.

At other times the solitary animals can be territorial.

As far we know they are solitary animals, says Roper, but their social lives remain mysterious.