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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

scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
fishes having the head armored with bony plates

noun.animal

10 Subcategories

lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus go
food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings
scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish go
any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
sculpin go
any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus go
clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker
seasnail, snailfish, sea snail, Liparis liparis go
small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker
poacher, sea poacher, sea poker go
small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates
greenling go
food fish of the northern Pacific
flathead go
food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific
gurnard go
bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
flying gurnard, flying robin, butterflyfish go
tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding