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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

primate
any placental mammal of the order Primates

noun.animal

9 Subcategories

simian go
an ape or monkey
ape go
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
anthropoid go
any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
hominoid go
a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
hominid go
a primate of the family Hominidae
monkey go
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
prosimian go
primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
lemur go
large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
tarsier go
nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing