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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 go
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

ruminant go
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

bovid go
hollow-horned ruminants

antelope go
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward

waterbuck
any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers

noun.animal

2 Subcategories

kob, Kobus kob go
an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
lechwe, Kobus leche go
tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains