dl#agentive_physical_object__APO something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
closed_exclusion: dl#non-agentive_physical_object
supertype: dl#physical_object pm#causal_entity (pm)
equal: sumo#Agent (pm)
related_to: dolce#agentive_physical_object (dl)
subtype: pm#entity_that_can_be_or_was_alive e.g., an animal, a cell
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: 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: #biont a discrete unit of living matter
subtype: #animal__animate_being__animatebeing__beast__brute__creature__fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
subtype: #plant__flora__plant_life__plantlife a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
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: #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: #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: #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: #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: #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: #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: #sitter an organism (person or animal) that sits
subtype: #stander an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers"
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: #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: #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: #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: #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: #gametocyte an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis
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: #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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