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–noun, plural (especially collectively

) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species

) -fish·es.

1.	a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.

2.	garibaldi (def. 2).

[Origin: 1690–1700; gold + fish

]

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n. pl. goldfish or gold·fish·es
A freshwater fish (Carassius auratus) native to eastern Asia, usually having brassy or reddish coloring and bred in many ornamental forms as an aquarium fish.

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goldfish
noun
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

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ˈgoldfish noun — plural ˈgoldfish

a small golden-yellow fish often kept as a pet
Example: The child kept a goldfish in a bowl.

Arabic:	سَمَك بلون ذَهَبي
Chinese (Simplified):	金鱼
Chinese (Traditional):	金魚
Czech:	zlatá rybka
Danish:	guldfisk
Estonian:	kuldkala
Finnish:	kultakala
French:	poisson rouge
German:	der Goldfisch
Greek:	χρυσόψαρο
Hungarian:	aranyhal

Icelandic:	gullfiskur
Italian:	pesce rosso*
Japanese:	金魚
Lithuanian:	auksinė žuvelė
Polish:	złota rybka
Portuguese (Brazil):	peixinho dourado
Portuguese (Portugal):	peixe dourado
Romanian:	caras auriu
Russian:	золотая рыбка
Spanish:	pez de colores
Turkish:	kırmızı balık

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Goldfish

Gold"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.

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