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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

spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian go
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

percoid fish, percoid, percoidean go
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

carangid fish, carangid
a percoid fish of the family Carangidae

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

jack go
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis go
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
pompano go
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
pilotfish, Naucrates ductor go
small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
scad go
any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae