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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence
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object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity
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whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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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
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aquatic vertebrate go
animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
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fish go
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian go
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
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elasmobranch, selachian go
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks
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shark go
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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dogfish go
any of several small sharks
smooth dogfish
small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts
noun.animal

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