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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence
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object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity
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whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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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
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bird go
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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aquatic bird go
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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waterfowl, water bird, waterbird go
freshwater aquatic bird
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anseriform bird go
chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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duck go
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
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sea duck go
any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider
sheldrake, merganser, fish duck, sawbill
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
noun.animal

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