pm#entity_that_can_be_or_was_alive e.g., an animal, a cell
supertype: dl#agentive_physical_object__APO (dl) something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
subtype: sumo#sentient_agent an agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason; if the latter are present, then the agent is also a cognitive_agent; domesticated animals are an example of sentient_agents that are not also cognitive_agents
subtype: sumo#cognitive_agent__cognitiveagent (many specializations)$ sentient_agent with responsibilities and the ability to reason, deliberate, make plans, etc; this is essentially the legal/ethical notion of a person; chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, whales, and some extraterrestrials (if they exist) may be cognitive_agents
subtype: sumo#human a modern man (member of the only remaining species of the Homo genus)
subtype: pm#living_physical_entity alive physical entity
subtype: #living_thing__organism__being a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
subtype: #life.living_thing living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"
subtype: #wildlife all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"
subtype: #biont a discrete unit of living matter
subtype: #animal__animate_being__animatebeing__beast__brute__creature__fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
subtype: #critter a regional term for creature (especially domestic animals)
subtype: #darter a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"
subtype: #vermin any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
subtype: #varment__varmint any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g. coyote
subtype: #scavenger.animal any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
subtype: #work_animal an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
subtype: #domestic_animal any of various domesticated animals
subtype: #migrator an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
subtype: #molter__moulter an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
subtype: #pet a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
subtype: #stayer a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance: "the horse that won the race is a good stayer"
subtype: #stunt.animal a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
subtype: #marine_animal__sea_animal__seaanimal any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
subtype: #female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
subtype: #male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
subtype: #adult any mature animal
subtype: #offspring__young any immature animal
subtype: #purebred__thoroughbred__pureblood a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
subtype: #giant.animal any creature of exceptional size
subtype: #dead_animal an animal that is no longer alive
subtype: #survivor an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
subtype: #mutant an animal that has undergone mutation
subtype: #herbivore any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants: "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"
subtype: #insectivore.animal any organism that feeds mainly on insects
subtype: #acrodont an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
subtype: #pleurodont an animal having teeth consolidate with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
subtype: #zooplankton animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
subtype: #conceptus__conceptu__embryo__fertilized_egg an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
subtype: #chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
subtype: #invertebrate any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
subtype: #metazoan any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
subtype: #omnivore an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
subtype: #predator__predatory_animal__predatoryanimal any animal that lives by preying on other animals
subtype: #prey__quarry animal hunted or caught for food
subtype: #biped an animal with two feet
subtype: #larva the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
subtype: #racer.animal an animal that races
subtype: #fictional_animal__fictionalanimal animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
subtype: #captive an animal that is confined
subtype: #mate the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
subtype: #plant__flora__plant_life__plantlife a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
subtype: #phytoplankton photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae
subtype: #wilding.plant a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crab-apple tree)
subtype: #ornamental any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
subtype: #acrogen any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
subtype: #apomict a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis
subtype: #aquatic a plant that lives in or on water
subtype: #cryptogam formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
subtype: #annual a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
subtype: #biennial a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
subtype: #perennial a plant lasting for three seasons or more
subtype: #escape.plant a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
subtype: #embryo a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
subtype: #monocarp__monocarpic_plant__monocarpous_plant a plant that bears fruit once and dies
subtype: #sporophyte the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
subtype: #gametophyte the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
subtype: #fungus a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
subtype: #houseplant any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
subtype: #garden_plant any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden
subtype: #vascular_plant__tracheophyte green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
subtype: #poisonous_plant__poisonousplant a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
subtype: #air_plant__airplant__epiphyte__aerophyte__epiphytic_plant__epiphyticplant plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
subtype: #rock_plant plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden
subtype: #autophyte__autophyticplant__autotroph__autotrophic_organism__autotrophicorganism plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
subtype: #myrmecophyte plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
subtype: #denizen a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
subtype: #amphidiploid (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
subtype: #diploid (genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
subtype: #haploid (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
subtype: #heteroploid (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
subtype: #polyploid (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
subtype: #animalcule__animalculum microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
subtype: #microorganism any organism (animal or plant) of microscopic size
subtype: #intestinal_flora harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning
subtype: #virus__viru ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic
subtype: #moneran__moneron organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
subtype: #bacteria__bacterium single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants
subtype: #microbe__bug__germ a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
subtype: #pathogen any disease-producing agent especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism
subtype: #protoctist any of the unicellular protists
subtype: #protist__protistan free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
subtype: #aerobe an organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life
subtype: #anaerobe an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live
subtype: #obligate_anaerobe an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
subtype: #crossbreed__hybrid an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
subtype: #crossbred esp an animal produced by a cross between two pure breeds
subtype: #polymorph an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
subtype: #congener__relative__congenator an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
subtype: #plankton the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
subtype: #nekton the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
subtype: #parasite an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
subtype: #endoparasite__entoparasite__entozoan__entozoon__entozoa__endozoa any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
subtype: #ectoparasite__ectozoon__ectozoa__epizoa any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
subtype: #parasitic_plant__parasiticplant plant living on another plant and obtaining from it organic nutriment
subtype: #host.living_thing an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
subtype: #intermediate_host a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle
subtype: #definitive_host the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place
subtype: #commensal either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent
subtype: #myrmecophile an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant
subtype: #eukaryote__eucaryote an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
subtype: #prokaryote__procaryote a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma
subtype: #zooid one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan
subtype: #clone__clon a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
subtype: #atavist__throwback an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
subtype: #individual a single organism
subtype: #head.individual an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
subtype: #mascot a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
subtype: #mutant.living_thing__mutation__sport an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
subtype: #lusus_naturae__lususnaturae__freak__monster__monstrosity a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
subtype: #sitter an organism (person or animal) that sits
subtype: #stander an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers"
subtype: #standee a spectator who uses standing room (as in a theater when there are no vacant seats)
subtype: #vocalizer__utterer__vocaliser an organism that can utter vocal sounds; "an utterer of foul oaths"; "is the giraffe a vocalizer?"
subtype: #nonvascular_organism__nonvascularorganism organisms without vascular tissue: e.g. algae, lichens, fungi, mosses
subtype: #bryophyte__nonvascular_plant__nonvascularplant any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
subtype: #relict.living_thing an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated
subtype: #saprophyte__saprophytic_organism__saprophyticorganism an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
subtype: #saprobe an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water
subtype: #katharobe an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter
subtype: #cell the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
subtype: #blastomere any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg
subtype: #flagellated_cell__flagellatedcell any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum
subtype: #choanocyte__collar_cell any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body
subtype: #Kupffer's_cell specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria and foreign proteins and worn-out blood cells
subtype: #somatic_cell__somaticcell any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells
subtype: #skin_cell any of the cells making up the skin
subtype: #epithelial_cell one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
subtype: #neoplastic_cell a cell that is part of tumor
subtype: #bone_cell a cell that is part of a bone
subtype: #blood_cell__bloodcell__blood_corpuscle__bloodcorpuscle__corpuscle either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
subtype: #phagocyte__scavenger_cell__scavengercell a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
subtype: #visual_cell one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light
subtype: #fat_cell__fatcell__adipose_cell__adiposecell cells composed of fat
subtype: #muscle_cell__muscle_fiber__muscle_fibre an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
subtype: #Schwann_cell any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath
subtype: #nerve_cell__nervecell__neuron a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
subtype: #neurogliacyte__neuroglial_cell__glial_cell__glialcell a cell of the neuroglia
subtype: #hybridoma a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody
subtype: #mast_cell__mastocyte__labrocyte a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation
subtype: #stem_cell an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)
subtype: #target_cell.somatic_cell__targetcell any cell that has a specific receptor for antigen or antibody or hormone
subtype: #blastema a mass of undifferentiated cells from with an organ or body part develops
subtype: #zygote__fertilized_ovum the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)
subtype: #embryonic_cell__embryoniccell__formative_cell__formativecell a cell of an embryo
subtype: #blastocyte an undifferentiated embryonic cell
subtype: #ameloblast a cell from which tooth enamel develops
subtype: #osteoblast__bone-forming_cell a cell from which bone develops
subtype: #erythroblast a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop
subtype: #fibroblast a cell from which connective tissue develops
subtype: #neuroblast a cell from which a nerve cell develops
subtype: #akaryocyte__akaryote__acaryote a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte)
subtype: #reproductive_cell__germ_cell__sex_cell__sexcell a spermatozoon or an ovum
subtype: #gamete a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
subtype: #gametocyte an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis
subtype: #oocyte a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions
subtype: #spermatocyte a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids
subtype: #polar_body__polarbody a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded
subtype: #Leydig_cell__Leydig's_cell a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone
subtype: #Sertoli_cell__Sertoli's_cell elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids
subtype: #archespore__archesporium primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops
subtype: #mother_cell cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops: "a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell"
subtype: #spore_mother_cell cell from which a spore develops
subtype: #arthrospore one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
subtype: #arthrospore.cell a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
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