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Definition of Living thing
1. Noun. A living (or once living) entity.
Generic synonyms: Unit, Whole
Specialized synonyms: Being, Organism, Life, Biont, Cell
Examples of category: Viability, Immature, Young
Definition of Living thing
1. Noun. Something animate; an animate thing; something that lives, as opposed to inanimate or dead things. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Living Thing
Literary usage of Living thing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... And though around the mountain's head Flowed streams of purple and gold and
Three times; nor living thing he spied, red, 200 Nor heard a living sound, ..."
2. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1867)
"But, more than all — and this is a lesson of profound import to the reader of
this book — with these mutations in the land, and sea, and living thing. ..."
3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"He has no doubt of the truth of the proportion, that no living thing, neither
plant nor animal, can grow and live in a date of ..."
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