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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

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

insectivore go
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals

shrew, shrewmouse
small mouselike mammal with a long snout

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

common shrew, Sorex araneus go
common American shrew
masked shrew, Sorex cinereus go
commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America
short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda go
North American shrew with tail less than half its body length
water shrew go
any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
least shrew, Cryptotis parva go
small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States