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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

scombroid, scombroid fish
important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas

noun.animal

10 Subcategories

mackerel go
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
tuna, tunny go
any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus
bonito go
any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis go
oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic
bonito, oceanic bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis go
fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery
swordfish, Xiphias gladius go
large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw
sailfish go
large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
billfish go
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
louvar, Luvarus imperialis go
large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common
squaretail go
sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales