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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 go
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres

cobra
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

noun.animal

4 Subcategories

Indian cobra, Naja naja go
a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia
asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje go
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
black-necked cobra, spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis go
aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa
hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah go
large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies