Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of carps or cyprinoid fishes containing the common goldfish, C. auratus.
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- noun goldfish
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Examples
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Named by Lucy before they were even brought home, both Hank and his friend Ankle are carassius auratus, known to you and me as goldfish.
get ich quick 2007
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Named by Lucy before they were even brought home, both Hank and his friend Ankle are carassius auratus, known to you and me as goldfish.
family von catt 2007
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(Carassius carassius), a close relative to the goldfish (Carassius auratus), looks very much like any other temperate freshwater cyprinid.
Evolution versus "Intelligent Design" - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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(Carassius carassius) in ricefields and to nurture grass carp fingerlings in ricefields.
Chapter 4 1995
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In the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp (Carassius carassius) cardiac activity varies according to the seasons.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Matti Vornanen 2010
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Zheng C-B, Lu J-H, Yu X-Q, et al. (2009) Molecular cloning and differential expression patterns of the regulatory subunit B′ gene of PP-2A in goldfish, carassius auratus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles He-Ge Chen et al. 2009
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The major varieties for fish culture were grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) mixed with a few variegated carp (C. carpio), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), and crucian carp (Carassius carassius).
Chapter 5 1995
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