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

flicker
North American woodpecker

noun.animal

3 Subcategories

yellowhammer, yellow-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus go
large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides go
southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck
red-shafted flicker, Colaptes caper collaris go
western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail