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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

wild dog
any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves

noun.animal

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dingo, warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo go
wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia
dhole, Cuon alpinus go
fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox, Dusicyon cancrivorus go
wild dog of northern South America
raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonides go
small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon
African hunting dog, hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus go
a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs