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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

shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

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15 Subcategories

plover go
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings
sandpiper go
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call
surfbird, Aphriza virgata go
sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
woodcock go
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
snipe go
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family
curlew go
large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family
godwit go
large wading bird that resembles a curlew
stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt go
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
stilt, Australian stilt go
long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
avocet go
long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
oystercatcher, oyster catcher go
black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill
phalarope go
small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers
pratincole, glareole go
Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs
courser go
swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa
stone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus go
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint