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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

hyena, hyaena
doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

noun.animal

4 Subcategories

striped hyena, Hyaena hyaena go
of northern Africa and Arabia and India
brown hyena, strand wolf, Hyaena brunnea go
of southern Africa
spotted hyena, laughing hyena, Crocuta crocuta go
African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
aardwolf, Proteles cristata go
striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects