goldfish

noun

gold·fish ˈgōl(d)-ˌfish

: a small usually golden-orange Asian cyprinid fish (Carassius auratus) often kept as an aquarium and pond fish

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There will also be a goldfish show with certified judging. —

Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025 The goldfish, swimming around carelessly in an artificially bright environment, kept fed and suspended and oblivious, seems almost too on the nose. —

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps from where visitors would later delight in the school of goldfish. —

Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 Thornton opened his empty mouth like a goldfish, articulating an almost silent pouf. —

Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for goldfish