How to sign: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Similiar / Same: organism
Categories: animate thing, living thing
Within this category: aerobe, amphidiploid, anaerobe, animal, animalcule, atavist, benthos, clone, commensal, conspecific, denizen, diploid, eukaryote, haploid, heteroploid, heterotroph, host, hybrid, individual, katharobe, mascot, microorganism, mutant, myrmecophile, nekton, nonvascular organism, parasite, person, plankton, plant, polymorph, polyploid, prokaryote, relative, relict, saprobe, saprophyte, sitter, stander, utterer, zooid