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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 go
any fish used for food by human beings

sea bass
any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

noun.animal

7 Subcategories

blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus go
small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
rock bass, rock sea bass, Centropristis philadelphica go
a kind of sea bass
black bass, black sea bass, Centropistes striata go
bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish go
marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes
stone bass, wreckfish, Polyprion americanus go
brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
belted sandfish, Serranus subligarius go
found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic
grouper go
usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas