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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

cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian go
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified

elasmobranch, selachian go
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks

shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

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12 Subcategories

cow shark, six-gilled shark, Hexanchus griseus go
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
mackerel shark go
fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus go
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
carpet shark, Orectolobus barbatus go
shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum go
small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
sand tiger, sand shark, Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus go
shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic
whale shark, Rhincodon typus go
large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide
cat shark go
small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes
requiem shark go
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
dogfish go
any of several small sharks
hammerhead, hammerhead shark go
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head
angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, monkfish go
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do