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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

ganoid, ganoid fish
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

noun.animal

5 Subcategories

dogfish, bowfin, grindle, Amia calva go
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin
duckbill, paddlefish, Polyodon spathula go
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladis go
fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
sturgeon go
large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe
gar, billfish, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus go
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth