being vs animal

Other hyponyms of being include benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, carrier, denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid, animalcule, animalculum, micro-organism, microorganism, aerobe, anaerobe, cross, crossbreed, hybrid, polymorph, congenator, congener, congeneric, relative, plankton, nekton, parasite, host, commensal, myrmecophile, eucaryote, eukaryote, procaryote, prokaryote, zooid, clon, clone, atavist, throwback, individual, mascot, mutant, mutation, sport, variation, postdiluvian, sitter, stander, utterer, vocaliser, vocalizer, endemic, fungus, nonvascular organism, relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.