The academy was named after the lynx, an animal whose sharp vision symbolizes the observational prowess that science requires.
The animals symbolized the virtues and accomplishments of past members of Medici family.
Since 1899, Army's mascot has officially been a mule because the animal symbolizes strength and perseverance.
Certain animals, such as the vulture, the bat, and the black cat symbolize witchcraft.
The former animal symbolizes the human soul in authentic Japanese tradition, the latter has no consistent significance.
If the animals can symbolize numbers in this way, it would suggest they conceive of cardinal numbers as people do.
The animals may also have symbolized the distance between the commoners and the elites.
The animals symbolize many things such as their beliefs or taboos of a tribe or clan.
No other animal, perhaps, so symbolizes and evokes America's past as the plains bison, or buffalo as it has long been popularly called.
The particular animal it represents symbolizes what he must achieve to call himself a man.