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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

deer, cervid
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

noun.animal

16 Subcategories

pricket go
male deer in his second year
fawn go
a young deer
red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus go
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
sambar, sambur, Cervus unicolor go
a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus canadensis go
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
Japanese deer, sika, Cervus nipon, Cervus sika go
small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
Virginia deer, white tail, whitetail, white-tailed deer, whitetail deer, Odocoileus Virginianus go
common North American deer
mule deer, burro deer, Odocoileus hemionus go
long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces go
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
fallow deer, Dama dama go
small Eurasian deer
roe deer, Capreolus capreolus go
small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus go
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes
brocket go
small South American deer with unbranched antlers
muntjac, barking deer go
small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
musk deer, Moschus moschiferus go
small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia
pere david's deer, elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus go
large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds