Meaning & use
organism
An individual living thing.
See it in a sentence
A single bacterium is an organism.
Each organism in the pond depends on suitable conditions to survive.
A note on using this word
An organism may consist of one cell or many cells; the word includes far more than animals.
Words with a similar meaning
living thing
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