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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

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

carnivore go
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

canine, canid go
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

wolf
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

wolf pup, wolf cub go
a young wolf
timber wolf, grey wolf, gray wolf, Canis lupus go
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
white wolf, Arctic wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum go
wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail
red wolf, maned wolf, Canis rufus, Canis niger go
reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
coyote, prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans go
small wolf native to western North America