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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

pelagic bird, oceanic bird
bird of the open seas

noun.animal

4 Subcategories

procellariiform seabird go
large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
albatross, mollymawk go
large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings
petrel go
relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
diving petrel go
any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas