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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

diapsid, diapsid reptile go
reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

snake, serpent, ophidian go
limbless scaly elongate reptile

colubrid snake, colubrid
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

noun.animal

25 Subcategories

hoop snake go
any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
thunder snake, worm snake, Carphophis amoenus go
small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
ringneck snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake go
any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper go
harmless North American snake with upturned nose
leaf-nosed snake go
any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
green snake, grass snake go
either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
green snake go
any of numerous African colubrid snakes
racer go
slender fast-moving North American snakes
whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake go
any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
rat snake go
any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
glossy snake, Arizona elegans go
nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
bull snake, bull-snake go
any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes
king snake, kingsnake go
any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors
grass snake, garter snake go
any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum go
secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods
ground snake, Sonora semiannulata go
small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America
eastern ground snake, Potamophis striatula, Haldea striatula go
in some classifications placed in genus Haldea
water snake go
any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water
red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata go
harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
sand snake go
small North American burrowing snake
black-headed snake go
small secretive ground-living snake
vine snake go
slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia
lyre snake go
mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head
night snake, Hypsiglena torquata go
nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
gopher snake, indigo snake, Drymarchon corais go
large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows