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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 go
any placental mammal of the order Primates

ape go
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all

anthropoid ape go
any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae

great ape, pongid go
any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes
intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

noun.animal

4 Subcategories

western chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus go
masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa
eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii go
long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa
central chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes go
black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa
pygmy chimpanzee, bonobo, Pan paniscus go
small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire