fish (aquatic vertebrate)

Definition:

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

Class:

animal noun

Plurals:

fish* | fishes
(* fish may be used in a singular or plural context)

Type of:

aquatic vertebrate » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing

Member of:

school

Member of:

Pisces » Vertebrata » Chordata » Animalia

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

bony fish | bottom-feeder | bottom lurker | cartilaginous fish | climbing perch | fin | fingerling | fish scale | fishbone | food fish | game fish | lateral line | milt | mouthbreeder | northern snakehead | roe | rough fish | spawner | tail fin | young fish

Usage examples:

• in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
• the shark is a large fish