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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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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
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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fish go
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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catfish, siluriform fish
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
noun.animal
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silurid, silurid fish go
Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
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bullhead, bullhead catfish go
any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
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channel catfish, channel cat, Ictalurus punctatus go
freshwater food fish common throughout central United States
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flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris go
large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
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armored catfish go
South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
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sea catfish go
any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders