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nouna living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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"the social organism"nouna system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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someone being person somebody system soul cross animal plant beast creature sport individual host parent relative native mortal scheme organic dwarf clone brute carrier flora parasite mutant hybrid mascot sitter fungus plankton mutation variation fauna throwback stander commensal crossbreed denizen relict microorganism recombinant organismic polymorph living thing animate thing congenator congener congeneric conspecific diploid eucaryote eukaryote haploid heteroploid heterotroph katharobe micro-organism myrmecophile nekton nonvascular organism plant life polyploid postdiluvian procaryote prokaryote aerobe saprophyte saprophytic organism saprobe amphidiploid anaerobe animalcule animalculum animate being atavist benthos clon utterer vocaliser vocalizer zooid organismal