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

frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian go
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping

true toad
tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin

noun.animal

11 Subcategories

bufo go
any toad of the genus Bufo
agua, agua toad, Bufo marinus go
largest known toad species
European toad, Bufo bufo go
common toad of Europe
natterjack, Bufo calamita go
common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe
American toad, Bufo americanus go
common toad of America
Eurasian green toad, Bufo viridis go
Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring
American green toad, Bufo debilis go
small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus go
of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders
Texas toad, Bufo speciosus go
nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
southwestern toad, Bufo microscaphus go
a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States
western toad, Bufo boreas go
of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies