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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 go
bird of the open seas

petrel
relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

white-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis go
large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
giant petrel, giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus go
large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis go
heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
shearwater go
long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
storm petrel go
any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts