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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

wrasse
chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth

noun.animal

8 Subcategories

pigfish, giant pigfish, Achoerodus gouldii go
found around the Great Barrier Reef
hogfish, hog snapper, Lachnolaimus maximus go
large wrasse of western Atlantic
slippery dick, Halicoeres bivittatus go
small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
puddingwife, pudding-wife, Halicoeres radiatus go
bluish and bronze wrasse
bluehead, Thalassoma bifasciatum go
small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
razor fish, razor-fish go
any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
blackfish, tautog, Tautoga onitis go
large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
cunner, bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersus go
common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States