What is another word for living organism?

Pronunciation: [lˈɪvɪŋ ˈɔːɡənˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Living organisms are entities that are capable of growth, reproduction, adaptation, and response to stimuli. They can be further categorized as plants, animals, or microorganisms. There are several synonyms for the term living organism, including living being, living thing, biological entity, living creature, life form, and living system. These terms are often used interchangeably to describe any living thing that is composed of one or more cells and undergoes metabolism. The study of living organisms is known as biology, and it is an essential field of science that has contributed immensely to our understanding of life and its origins.

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What are the hypernyms for Living organism?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Living organism

  • It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.
    Carl Andre
  • Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
    Gore Vidal
  • We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use of land represent an abuse of the concept of private property.... Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.
    Paul Brooks
  • Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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