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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

elapid, elapid snake
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres

noun.animal

11 Subcategories

coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake go
any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white
coral snake, Old World coral snake go
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
copperhead, Denisonia superba go
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
cobra go
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake, Hemachatus haemachatus go
highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
mamba go
arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus go
venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
tiger snake, Notechis scutatus go
highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
Australian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus go
large semiaquatic snake of Australia
krait go
brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus go
large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia