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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

podicipitiform seabird go
aquatic birds related to the loons

grebe
small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus go
large Old World grebe with black ear tufts
red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena go
large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
black-necked grebe, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis go
small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck
dabchick, little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis go
small European grebe
pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps go
American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill