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1. (n.) goldfish
a small usu. yellow or orange cyprinid fish, Carassius auratus, native to China and bred in many varieties.
Etymology: (1690–1700)
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1. (noun) goldfish, Carassius auratus
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
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1. (noun) goldfish
a small orange fish, kept as a pet
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1. (noun) goldfish
a small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is 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 also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope
2. (noun) goldfish
a California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi
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1. goldfish
Common name for Carassius auratus, a type of carp (CARPS).
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Sense: a small golden-yellow fish often kept as a pet
The child kept a goldfish in a bowl.
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 Afrikaans: goudvis |
 Arabic: سَمَك بلون ذَهَبي |
 Bulgarian: златна рибка |
 Brazilian: peixe dourado |
 Czech: zlatá rybka |
 German: der Goldfisch |
 Danish: guldfisk |
 Greek: χρυσόψαρο |
 Spanish: pez de colores |
 Estonian: kuldkala |
 Farsi: ماهی طلایی؛ ماهی قرمز |
 Finnish: kultakala |
 French: poisson rouge |
 Hebrew: דָּג זָהָב |
 Hindi: स्वर्ण मछली |
 Croatian: zlatna ribica |
 Hungarian: aranyhal |
 Indonesian: ikan emas |
 Icelandic: gullfiskur |
 Italian: pesce rosso |
 Japanese: 金魚 |
 Korean: 금붕어 |
 Lithuanian: auksinė žuvelė |
 Latvian: zelta zivtiņa |
 Malay: ikan emas |
 Dutch: goudvis |
 Norwegian: gullfisk |
 Polish: złota rybka |
 Persian: ماهی طلایی؛ ماهی قرمز |
 Pashto: سور كب، طلايى كب |
 Portuguese: peixe dourado |
 Romanian: caras auriu |
 Russian: золотая рыбка |
 Slovak: zlatá rybka |
 Slovenian: zlata ribica |
 Serbian: zlatna ribica |
 Swedish: guldfisk |
 Thai: ปลาทอง |
 Turkish: kırmızı balık |
 Taiwanese: 金魚 |
 Ukrainian: золота рибка |
 Urdu: سنہرے رنگ کی چھوٹی مـچھلی |
 Vietnamese: cá vàng |
 Chinese: 金鱼 |
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