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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

ungulate, hoofed mammal go
any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

noun.animal

7 Subcategories

swine go
stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
peccary, musk hog go
nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius go
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
ruminant go
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
camel go
cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
llama go
wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
vicuna, Vicugna vicugna go
small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller