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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

pachyderm go
any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant

elephant
five-toed pachyderm

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

rogue elephant go
a wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd
Indian elephant, Elephas maximus go
Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
African elephant, Loxodonta africana go
an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
mammoth go
any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene
gomphothere go
extinct elephants of Central American and South America