Given that we're speaking of biology and evolutionary taxonomy, it probably isn't best to use a dictionary that's almost 2 centuries old.
No we’re not animals.
Of course we are. What else could we be? Plants? Fungi? If we don't belong to kingdom Animalia, to which kingdom would you assign us?
Let's try a quick exercise. All humans are mammals. Agreed?
Mammals are by definition animals. Agreed?
Therefore all humans are animals. Agreed?
When’s the last time you witnessed an animal design a car, or seek to develop a more efficient tool to build a house?
Since humans are animals, the answer is "quite recently". As for the toolmaking capabilities of non-human animals, it should be born in mind that h. sapiens is the most intelligent animal on the planet to date. As such, it should not be surprising that we have more capability to put abstract thought into action than any other animal.
We are not animals. Our species is not the same.
A species is a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. Non-human animals are by definition not our species.
Some of us Freepers happen to also believe humans have something no other life on the planet was gievn, a spirit, which informs out human soul, the behavior mechanism. That’s where we get that antiquated idea of right and wrong. You’ve heard of it?