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• pest go
  any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
  
• critter go
  a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
  
• creepy-crawly go
  an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
  
• darter go
  a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
  
• peeper go
  an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
  
• homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm go
  an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
  
• poikilotherm, ectotherm go
  an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
  
• range animal go
  any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
  
• varmint, varment go
  any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable
  
• scavenger go
  any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
  
• work animal go
  an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
  
• domestic animal, domesticated animal go
  any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
  
• feeder go
  an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
  
• migrator go
  an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
  
• molter, moulter go
  an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
  
• pet go
  a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
  
• stayer go
  a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
  
• stunt go
  a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
  
• marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature go
  any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
  
• female go
  an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
  
• male go
  an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
  
• adult go
  any mature animal
  
• young, offspring go
  any immature animal
  
• thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood go
  a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage
  
• giant go
  any creature of exceptional size
  
• survivor go
  an animal that survives in spite of adversity
  
• mutant go
  an animal that has undergone mutation
  
• herbivore go
  any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
  
• insectivore go
  any organism that feeds mainly on insects
  
• acrodont go
  an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
  
• pleurodont go
  an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
  
• zooplankton go
  animal constituent of plankton
  
• embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg go
  an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
  
• chordate go
  any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
  
• invertebrate go
  any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
  
• metazoan go
  any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa
  
• omnivore go
  an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
  
• predator, predatory animal go
  any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  
• prey, quarry go
  animal hunted or caught for food
  
• game go
  animal hunted for food or sport
  
• hexapod go
  an animal having six feet
  
• biped go
  an animal with two feet
  
• larva go
  the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
  
• racer go
  an animal that races
  
• fictional animal go
  animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
  
• captive go
  an animal that is confined
  
• mate go
  the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)