goldfish

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English

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Some goldfish
A 19th-century watercolour of goldfish

Etymology

From gold +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gōld'fĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: gold‧fish
  • Rhymes: -oʊldfɪʃ

Noun

goldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)

  1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
    For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
  2. (figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.

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