fish (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
examples the shark is a large fish
in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
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Hypernym aquatic vertebrate
Member holonym school, shoal; Pisces
Derivationally related form fish → fishy; fish → fish; fish → fish
Hyponym bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller; bottom lurkers; cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian; fingerling; game fish, sport fish; food fish; rough fish; young fish; mouthbreeder; spawner; northern snakehead; bony fish; climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, A. testudineus
Part meronym fish scale; roe; milt; lateral line, lateral line organ; fin; tail fin, caudal fin; fishbone
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Derivationally related form fishy → fish; fish → fish; fish → fish
Pertainym (pertains to noun) fishy → fish; piscine → fish
Hypernym bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller; bottom lurkers; cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian; fingerling; game fish, sport fish; food fish; rough fish; young fish; mouthbreeder; spawner; northern snakehead; bony fish; climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, A. testudineus
Hyponym aquatic vertebrate
Part holonym fish scale; roe; milt; lateral line, lateral line organ; fin; tail fin, caudal fin; fishbone
Member meronym Pisces; school, shoal

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