organism

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noun

1. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
being
• Derivationally related forms:
be (for: being), organismic, organic
• Members of this Topic:
bioluminescent, cellular, actinal, zygote, fertilized ovum,
parthenote, organic chemistry, stratum, metabolism, metabolic process, morphogenesis
• Hypernyms:
living thing, animate thing
• Hyponyms:
benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, person,
individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul, animal,
animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, plant,
flora, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, carrier,
denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid,
animalcule, animalculum, microorganism, micro-organism, aerobe, anaerobe,
hybrid, crossbreed, cross, polymorph, relative, congener,
congenator, congeneric, plankton, nekton, parasite, host,
commensal, myrmecophile, eukaryote, eucaryote, prokaryote, procaryote,
zooid, clone, clon, atavist, throwback, mascot,
mutant, mutation, variation, sport, postdiluvian, sitter,
stander, utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser, fungus, nonvascular organism,
relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe
• Substance Meronyms:
tissue
• Part Meronyms:
cell, body part
2. a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
- the social organism
• Derivationally related forms:
organismal
• Hypernyms:
system, scheme