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living thing

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Noun1.living thingliving thing - a living (or once living) entity    
animate thing
whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
life - living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"
biont - a discrete unit of living matter
cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
viability - (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"


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The living thing did I follow; I walked in the broadest and narrowest paths to learn its nature.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Suddenly, as the child rolled downward on its mother's knees, all wet with snow, its eyes were caught by a bright glancing light on the white ground, and, with the ready transition of infancy, it was immediately absorbed in watching the bright living thing running towards it, yet never arriving.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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