living thing

Noun
  1. A living (or once living) entity (synset 100004258)
    associated with:
    • viability - (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
    • immature, young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
    is a type of: unit, whole - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
    subtypes:
    • being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
    • life - living things collectively
    • biont - a discrete unit of living matter
    • cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
    same as: animate thing

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