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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 go
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

soft-finned fish, malacopterygian go
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

clupeid fish, clupeid
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

noun.animal

6 Subcategories

shad go
herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus go
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis go
shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
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
sardine, pilchard, Sardina pilchardus go
small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe