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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

reptile, reptilian go
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

anapsid, anapsid reptile go
primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull

chelonian, chelonian reptile go
a reptile of the order Chelonia

turtle go
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

tortoise
usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

European tortoise, Testudo graeca go
small land tortoise of southern Europe
giant tortoise go
very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus go
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii go
burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico
Texas tortoise go
close relative to the desert tortoise