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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

bony fish go
any fish of the class Osteichthyes

teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

noun.animal

13 Subcategories

soft-finned fish, malacopterygian go
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
cornetfish go
slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
pipefish, needlefish go
fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
snipefish, bellows fish go
small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
shrimpfish, shrimp-fish go
slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus go
tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout
needlefish, gar, billfish go
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws
flying fish go
tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
halfbeak go
tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
billfish, saury, Scomberesox saurus go
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian go
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
sweeper go
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
ganoid, ganoid fish go
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering