life form
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Biologylife formˈlife form noun [countable] HBa living thing such as a plant or animal life forms on other planetsExamples from the Corpuslife form• The people on the ship have to create an artificial life form because their computer has failed.• It is, therefore, the complementary life form to the animals of Earth.• In the biosphere, the more elaborate the structure, the higher the life form.