animalier

/ (ˈænɪməˌlɪə, ˌænɪˈmælɪeɪ) /

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

Word Origin for animalier

from French