For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the "👅" (tongue) emoji: "A tongue, sticking out. May be used as a childish sign of defiance. Alternatively: licking, in various contexts." Emojipedia ...

Though the list of new emoji has now been finalized ... Credit: emojipedia Emoji lovers can look forward to several new animal emoji, including sloth, otter, flamingo, orangutan, and skunk.

In the latest trend to justify the internet's existence, Twitter users are pairing animal emojis with emojis for various objects, depict adorable scenes of interspecies harmony. The meme seems to ...

An analysis published Dec 11 in the journal iScience found that while animals are well represented by the current emoji catalogue, plants, fungi, and microorganisms get short shrift.