Meaning | A living (or once living) entity. |
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Synonym | animate thing |
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Category of | viability | (of living things) capable of normal growth and development |
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young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
Narrower | biont | A discrete unit of living matter |
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cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
life | living things collectively |
organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Broader | whole, unit | An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity |
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Spanish | organismo, ser, ser vivo |
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Catalan | entitat viva, ésser viu, organisme |
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