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Noun

Sense: a multicellular organism that is usually mobile

Synonyms

• animal
• beast
• beastie(informal)
• creature   [⇒ thesaurus]
• critter(informal)
• deer(obsolete)

Hyponyms

By sex or age

• female animal   [⇒ thesaurus]
• male animal   [⇒ thesaurus]
• youngling   [⇒ thesaurus]

Largest groups

• vertebrate   [⇒ thesaurus]
• invertebrate   [⇒ thesaurus]

Vertebrates

• fish   [⇒ thesaurus]
• amphibian   [⇒ thesaurus]
• reptile   [⇒ thesaurus]
• bird   [⇒ thesaurus]
• mammal   [⇒ thesaurus]

Invertebrates

• arthropod   [⇒ thesaurus]
• insect   [⇒ thesaurus]
• arachnid   [⇒ thesaurus]
• crustacean   [⇒ thesaurus]
• mollusc   [⇒ thesaurus]

By what they eat

• herbivore
• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Informal kinds or categories

• bug
• creepy-crawly
• fowl   [⇒ thesaurus]
• livestock
• pet

Hypernyms

• living thing
• organism   [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

Further reading