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An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, composed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual.
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A living thing--a plant, animal, bacterium or other life form.
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Any living thing ¡V plant, animal, or microbe.
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A living body made up of cells, tissues and organs.
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A single individual unit of living matter that can carry out the basic requirements of life - respiration, growth, movement, response to stimuli, excretion, eating, reproduction. A bacteria is an organism, so is a tomato plant, an elephant, you or a fungus.
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Any plant or animal including those of microscopic size.
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a total living form; one individual
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a complete, living individual (plant or animal) which may have one cell or many cells.
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is one individual living plant, animal, bacterium, or fungus. One virus is called a particle
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any living individual, whether it is a protist, plant, or animal.
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a certain species of plant or animal
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Any individual animal, plant or bacterium.
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a system possessing the characteristics of living things - the ability to obtain and process energy, the ability to respond to environmental changes, and the ability to reproduce.
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living being belonging to one of the five Kingdoms: Monera (bacteria, blue algae), Protoctista (all other unicellular organisms and multicellular algae), Fungi (molds, yeast and mushrooms), Animalia (multicellular animals), and Plantae (mosses, ferns, and flowering plants).
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a living creature such as a plant, animal or single celled organisms like bacteria.
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a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"
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a living cell/ a group of cells living together
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a living plant or animal of any size
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a living whole greater than the sum of its parts
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All living things, including people, plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi
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any type of individual living being, whether plant, animal, protist (such as an alga), fungus, or bacteria.
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An individual self-sustaining unit of life or living material. Five forms of organisms are known: plants, animals, fungi, protists, and bacteria.
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a living body made up of cells and tissue; examples include trees, animals, humans, and bacteria..
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Any lifeform. It may be a plant, animal, fungi, protist, or moneran. This website was designed to study the different organisms in Northern Virginia and see how they interact with each other.
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Any living plant, animal, bacteria, fungus, virus, etc.
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Any living being, whether plant, mammal, bird, insect, reptile, fish, crustacean, aquatic or estuarine animal, or bacterium.
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A living plant or animal; any living thing
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mea ora An individual plant or animal.
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A living entity that include: plants, animals, monevans, protistans and fungi.
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Any individual form of life, such as a plant, animal or bacterium.
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An individual living thing (animal, plant or micro-organism).
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A living thing such as an animal, plant, fungus or bacteria.
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A living thing, either a plant, an animal or a micro-organism.
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a living thing that is made of one or more cells, uses energy, moves, responds to its environment, adjusts, reproduces, adapts, and has a life span.
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a living thing or being, including bacteria, fungi, animals and plants.
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any living animal or plant, protozoan, bacterium or virus.
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Any living being; plants and animals.
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Any living thing, whether single celled or many celled.
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any individual living thing, whether animal, plant or microorganism.
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a very complicated structure of living things whose parts work to insure survival
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A living being whose physiological functions are carried out by subunits, or "organs" (like a heart or a liver), which are separate in function but mutually dependent.
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A single, autonomous living thing. Bacteria and yeasts are organisms; mammalian and insect cells used in culture are not.
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A whole, living individual. The sum all the cells, tissues, organs, and systems working together to sustain life.
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any living thing including plants, animals or bacteria
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critter; generic term for anything alive, whether it is plant, animal, or bacteria.
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An individual living thing, such as a bacterium, fungus, protist, plant or animal.
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A living thing. The term includes anything that has DNA, from bacteria to vertebrates.
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Any living animal or plant; anything capable of carrying on life processes.
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The general name for any plant or animal. A micro-organism is a very small living creature or plant which lives in water and is unclassified
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a living thing such as a plant, animal, or bacteria
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A living thing. Back to top of Glossary page
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Any autonomous living thing.
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Any living thing. P - T
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A living being or individual.
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An viable life form, such as animals, plants, and microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
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Any living thing, including humans, mammals, birds, fishes, insects, snails, plants, fungi, bacteria and viruses.
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A living thing which contains DNA and is capable of cell replication by itself, for example, bacteria, plants and animals.
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Any living individual animal considered as a whole.
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Any living being such as plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, etc.
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a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope
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Any living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
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A living individual with one cell or a group of single-cells sharing a life process.
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or-gan-ism An individual living animal or plant; a living being.
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Any living thing. When it refers to causing infection, an organism may be bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi.
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Any living entity
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Any living thing, either vegetable or animal.
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any living thing that has living characteristics and is composed of one or more cells.
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An individual life form, such as a plant or an animal; a body made up of organs or other parts that work together to carry out the various processes of life.
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An organised being, whether plant or animal. 139
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A single, independent unit of life, such as a bacterium, a plant, or an animal.
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An individual of some type of life form, such as a plant, an animal, or a microorganism.
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A generic word for any living species, animal or plant.
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A living thing that can function independently.
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An individual animal, plant or single-celled life form.
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An organized living being, such as a human or a tree.
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A living being or entity.
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Any living thing. Organisms include humans, animals, plants, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi.
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Any living form of life. [ A - F ] [ G - O ] [ P - Z ] [ Back To The Menu
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any individual living creature, either unicellular (e.g., bacteria) or multicellular (e.g., fungi, plants, animals).
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a complex structure of interdependent and subordinate elements whose relations and properties are largely determined by their function in the whole; a living being (including animals, plants, viruses, bacteria).
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A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a fungus.
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Any individual living thing, whether animal or plant.
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An individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent; a living being.
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Any living thing (plant, animal, fungus, etc.)
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An individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other : a living person, plant, or animal. Source : Word Central Student's Dictionary
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orr-Gann-Nism) A living being. Any living plant or animal consisting of an organized body which has interactive and interdependant parts that perform vital functions.
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Any form of animal or plant life.
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living plant, animal or micro-organism. P - R
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a living thing (plant, animal, or microbe)
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An individual living thing. From a bacteria to a plant.
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In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is a living complex adaptive system of organs that influence each other in such a way that they function in some way as a stable whole.
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