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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

bird go
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

passerine, passeriform bird go
perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch

tyrannid go
a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

noun.animal

6 Subcategories

kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus go
large American flycatcher
pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens go
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe go
small dun-colored North American flycatcher
vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus go
tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona
cotinga, chatterer go
passerine bird of New World tropics
scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata go
grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings