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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

aquatic vertebrate go
animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water

fish go
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

food fish
any fish used for food by human beings

noun.animal

12 Subcategories

groundfish, bottom fish go
fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
barracouta, snoek go
a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa
shad go
herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
herring, Clupea harangus go
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
sardine go
any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
salmon go
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters
trout go
any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
whitefish go
silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
sea bass go
any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
snapper go
any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
tuna, tunny go
any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus
sole go
right-eyed flatfish