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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

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

bird go
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

aquatic bird go
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

wading bird, wader go
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

stork
large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

noun.animal

9 Subcategories

white stork, Ciconia ciconia go
the common stork of Europe
black stork, Ciconia nigra go
Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
adjutant bird, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius go
large Indian stork with a military gait
marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus go
large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork
openbill go
stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
jabiru, Jabiru mycteria go
large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
jabiru, saddlebill, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis go
large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa
jabiru, policeman bird, black-necked stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus go
large mostly white Australian stork
wood ibis, wood stork, flinthead, Mycteria americana go
an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill