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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

amphibian
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water

noun.animal

7 Subcategories

Hynerpeton bassetti go
fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs
Ichyostega go
early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland
urodele, caudate go
amphibians that resemble lizards
salamander go
any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian go
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
caecilian, blindworm go
any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona
labyrinthodont go
an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia