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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence
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object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity
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whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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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
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mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
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placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta
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aquatic mammal go
whales and dolphins
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cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower go
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales
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whale go
any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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toothed whale go
any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
beaked whale
any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
noun.animal

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