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ELI22 undergrad degree?
Take "Spider" for example, that is a fairly well definied term for all animals in the order "Araneae". But that doesn't really work for the term "Fish". There a many dozens of completely different orders with thousands of species that are refered to as "Fish". It's a bit like saying "thing that swims in the water".
My 5 year old says "thing that swims in the ocean/lake with exception of mamals is good fish"
Then an axelotal is a fish,