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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

seabird, sea bird, seafowl go
a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls

coastal diving bird go
gull family

larid go
long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

gull, seagull, sea gull
mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

noun.animal

6 Subcategories

mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus go
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
cob, black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus go
white gull having a black back and wings
herring gull, Larus argentatus go
large gull of the northern hemisphere
pewit, blackcap, laughing gull, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus go
small black-headed European gull
ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea go
white Arctic gull
kittiwake go
small pearl-grey gull of northern regions