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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

carnivore go
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

procyonid
plantigrade carnivorous mammals

noun.animal

6 Subcategories

raccoon, racoon go
an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
ringtail, civet cat, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus go
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
potto, kinkajou, honey bear, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus go
arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
coon cat, coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, Nasua narica go
omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America
lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens go
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore
panda, giant panda, panda bear, coon bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca go
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet