MARINE CREATURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals

Synonyms:

marine animal; marine creature; sea animal; sea creature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("marine creature" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marine creature"):

by-catch; bycatch (unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species)

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