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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

bird go
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

gallinaceous bird, gallinacean
heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds

noun.animal

10 Subcategories

domestic fowl, fowl, poultry go
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
jungle fowl, gallina go
small Asiatic wild bird
ocellated turkey, Agriocharis ocellata go
wild turkey of Central America and northern South America
guan go
any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae
curassow go
large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails
chachalaca go
slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey
megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl go
large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia
hoatzin, hoactzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin go
crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
columbiform bird go
a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
game bird go
any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport