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GOLDFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: goldfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

Synonyms:

Carassius auratus; goldfish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("goldfish" is a kind of...):

cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)

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

silverfish (a silvery variety of Carassius auratus)

Holonyms ("goldfish" is a member of...):

Carassius; genus Carassius (goldfish)

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