goldfish
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- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪʃ/
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- Emma has a goldfish named Johnny that swims happily in its bowl.
Why are we trying to teach goldfish to do it?
- Why are we trying to teach goldfish to do it?
- They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank.
- Oh, no, two goldfish only have a three second memory.
- And I think I think it was really attached to Bob and Nancy, my goldfish.
- Well, people who grow up in these challenging environments, again, it's like you're a goldfish in a fishbowl, but the the water's dirty.
- If you've lost a child, a dog, a cat, a goldfish, your mum, your dad, your sister, your wife, whatever, right?
- And that could make you sort of remain relevantly the same for longer than if, if you just have like the memory of a goldfish.
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The yard had a fountain, a pond with goldfish, and a million white lilies.
Fiction book (1991) -
They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank.
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You remember the goldfish you had as a kid?
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Have you ever even taken care of a goldfish?
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We'll take a look at the goldfish.
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You know, we did have some goldfish and they lived for several years, which is very impressive in the goldfish universe.
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Emma, 10, has a goldfish named Johnny.
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They had a bowl of those little red goldfish... on the table behind the big davenport.
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She's handing a live goldfish in a bag to Jennifer, a very sweet nine-year-old.
Fiction book (1994) -
You could vanish cigarettes, change the colors of silk handkerchiefs, and produce goldfish out of thin air.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
A small golden or orange freshwater fish often kept in ponds and aquariums
A silvery goldfish often kept in a home fish tank
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Etymology
Goldfish is simply gold + fish and the name goes back to China, where people long ago bred carp to be bright 'gold' in colour and kept them as pets. So today a goldfish is a small, golden pet fish you often see in bowls or aquariums.