Animal (Organism sense)

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E6

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Senses of "Animal":

Emergence definition

An animal as a biological organism with physiological systems emerges from the ability of a multicellular entity to interact with and respond to its environment, exhibiting complex behaviors and adaptations that enable it to maintain homeostasis and reproduce.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “animal org” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “animal org”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word: animal
Origin language: English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

In other languages

Tier German
animal org English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense

An animal as a biological organism with physiological systems.

Used by

Collar Animal L7
Frog Animal L7

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