Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A freshwater cyprinid fish (Carassius auratus) native to eastern Asia, usually having brassy or reddish coloring and bred in many ornamental forms as an aquarium fish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the carp family Cyprinidæ, Cyprinus or Carassius auratus, originally a Chinese species, now domesticated and bred everywhere for ornament in ponds, tanks, and aquariums.
- noun Same as
garibaldi , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (
Carassius auratus ); -- so named from its color. It is a native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called alsogolden fish , andgolden carp . See Telescope fish, undertelescope . - noun A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of fish (scientific name
Carassius auratus ), typicallyorange -colored.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
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Examples
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I don't have HMO, because I tried that and ended up with bad doctors who are as good as diagnosing injuries and illness as a goldfish is at climbing a tree. indyphil
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However, he did admit that with England's 2008 tour to New Zealand having seen four players face serious sex allegations - which were later dismissed - the squad should have been acutely aware of what he described as the "goldfish bowl" life rugby players must deal with here.
Evening Standard - Home Chris Jones 2011
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Bottom layer, ham and turkey with muenster cheese sandwiches, with whole grain goldfish and sliced string cheese for filler.
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Bottom little box has whole grain goldfish crackers, organic raisins, and red grapes.
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When one of Julie's goldfish is eaten by the Oscar, Feiffer's accompanying illustration of Julie screaming is dead on.
Review of the Day: A Room With a Zoo fusenumber8 2006
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Outside is vanilla yoplait yogurt, grapefruit, and whole grain goldfish.
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He just is one, and always has been, ever since he can remember, the way a goldfish is a goldfish and cant be anything else.
An essay by Peter Dickinson entitled 'A Defense of Rubbish' 2010
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Police called the goldfish killing "disturbing," and the 16-year-old faces cruelty to animals charges in addition to a residential burglary charge.
Teen Burglar Kills Goldfish Because He Didn't Want To Leave Any Witnesses, Cops Say Jen Sabella 2011
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Police called the goldfish killing "disturbing," and the 16-year-old faces cruelty to animals charges in addition to a residential burglary charge.
Teen Burglar Kills Goldfish Because He Didn't Want To Leave Any Witnesses, Cops Say Jen Sabella 2011
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I declare, when Aunt Alice would come home in the afternoon and she would go out and call her goldfish they would come right to the edge like they knew her.
oroboros commented on the word goldfish
Can it be true that the memory span of a golfish is 3 seconds! An email tells me so!
October 5, 2007
arby commented on the word goldfish
And you know if it's on Teh Intarwebs, it must be true.
October 5, 2007