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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

invertebrate go
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord

mollusk, mollusc, shellfish go
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk go
marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles

decapod
cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

noun.animal

3 Subcategories

squid go
widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
cuttlefish, cuttle go
ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
spirula, Spirula peronii go
a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral