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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

blennioid fish, blennioid
elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins

noun.animal

8 Subcategories

blenny, combtooth blenny go
small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores
clinid, clinid fish go
mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
pikeblenny go
tropical American fishes
gunnel, bracketed blenny go
small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
prickleback go
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas
wrymouth, ghostfish, Cryptacanthodes maculatus go
eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
catfish, wolffish, wolf fish go
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
pout, eelpout go
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas