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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

invertebrate go
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord

arthropod go
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

insect go
small air-breathing arthropod

dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron go
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

gnat
any of various small biting flies: midges

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

punkie, punky, punkey, no-see-um, biting midge go
minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
midge go
minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts
psychodid go
a fly of the family Psychodidae
sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii go
any of various small dipterous flies
blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat go
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae