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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

soft-finned fish, malacopterygian go
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

cypriniform fish go
a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

cyprinid, cyprinid fish
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

noun.animal

11 Subcategories

carp go
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
tench, Tinca tinca go
freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
dace, Leuciscus leuciscus go
small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
chub, Leuciscus cephalus go
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
shiner go
any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
roach, Rutilus rutilus go
European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus go
European freshwater fish resembling the roach
minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus go
very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
gudgeon, Gobio gobio go
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
goldfish, Carassius auratus go
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
crucian carp, Carassius carassius, Carassius vulgaris go
European carp closely resembling wild goldfish