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Noun
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(n)
shoal (shoal%1:17:02::)
(a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide)
S:
(n)
shoal (shoal%1:17:01::)
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shallow (shallow%1:17:00::)
(a stretch of shallow water)
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sister term
derivationally related form
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(n)
school (school%1:14:01::)
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shoal (shoal%1:14:00::)
(a large group of fish)
"a school of small glittering fish swam by"
member meronym
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(n)
fish (fish%1:05:00::)
(any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
"the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
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full hyponym
part meronym
member holonym
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(n)
aquatic vertebrate (aquatic_vertebrate%1:05:00::)
(animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water)
S:
(n)
vertebrate (vertebrate%1:05:00::)
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craniate (craniate%1:05:00::)
(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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(n)
chordate (chordate%1:05:00::)
(any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
S:
(n)
animal (animal%1:03:00::)
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animate being (animate_being%1:03:00::)
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beast (beast%1:03:00::)
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brute (brute%1:03:00::)
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creature (creature%1:03:00::)
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fauna (fauna%1:03:00::)
(a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
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(n)
organism (organism%1:03:00::)
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being (being%1:03:00::)
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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(n)
living thing (living_thing%1:03:00::)
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animate thing (animate_thing%1:03:00::)
(a living (or once living) entity)
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(n)
whole (whole%1:03:00::)
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unit (unit%1:03:00::)
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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(n)
object (object%1:03:00::)
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physical object (physical_object%1:03:00::)
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
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(n)
physical entity (physical_entity%1:03:00::)
(an entity that has physical existence)
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(n)
entity (entity%1:03:00::)
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
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sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
school (school%2:38:00::)
[Related to:
school
] (swim in or form a large group of fish)
"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
Verb
S:
(v)
shallow (shallow%2:30:01::)
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shoal (shoal%2:30:01::)
(make shallow)
"The silt shallowed the canal"
S:
(v)
shallow (shallow%2:30:00::)
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shoal (shoal%2:30:00::)
(become shallow)
"the lake shallowed over time"