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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

piciform bird go
any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood

pecker, woodpecker, peckerwood
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

noun.animal

8 Subcategories

green woodpecker, Picus viridis go
woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
downy woodpecker go
small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
flicker go
North American woodpecker
ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis go
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill
redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus go
black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
sapsucker go
small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
wryneck go
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
piculet go
small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers