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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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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
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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fish go
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian go
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
plectognath, plectognath fish
tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
noun.animal
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triggerfish go
any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
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filefish go
narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
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boxfish, trunkfish go
any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
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puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish go
any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe
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spiny puffer go
puffers having rigid or erectile spines
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sunfish, ocean sunfish, mola, headfish go
among the largest bony fish