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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

whitefish
silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

noun.animal

4 Subcategories

lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis go
found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska
cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi go
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
round whitefish, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum go
a whitefish with a bronze back
Rocky Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii go
whitefish of the western United States and Canada