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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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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
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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placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
mammals having a placenta
mammals having a placenta
noun.animal
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livestock, stock, farm animal go
any animals kept for use or profit
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bull go
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'
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cow go
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
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yearling go
an animal in its second year
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buck go
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
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doe go
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
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insectivore go
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
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aquatic mammal go
whales and dolphins
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carnivore go
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
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Fissipedia go
in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora
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anteater, aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer go
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites
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bat, chiropteran go
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
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lagomorph, gnawing mammal go
relative large gnawing animals
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rodent, gnawer go
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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Ungulata go
in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals
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ungulate, hoofed mammal go
any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
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Unguiculata go
in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws
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unguiculate, unguiculate mammal go
a mammal having nails or claws
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coney, cony, hyrax, dassie, das go
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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pachyderm go
any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant
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edentate go
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth
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anteater, pangolin, scaly anteater go
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
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primate go
any placental mammal of the order Primates
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tree shrew go
insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
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flying cat, flying lemur, colugo go
arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
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proboscidean, proboscidian go
massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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plantigrade mammal, plantigrade go
an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
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digitigrade mammal, digitigrade go
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses