goldfish

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see also: Goldfish

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Noun

goldfish (plural goldfish)

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.

Translations

• French: poisson rouge, carassin doré
• German: Goldfisch
• Italian: pesce rosso
• Portuguese: doirada, peixinho dourado
• Russian: золота́я ры́бка
• Spanish: pez rojo, pez dorado, pez de oro, pez de colores, carpa dorada (Mexico)

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Goldfish

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Noun

goldfish (plural Goldfish)

1. Short for Goldfish cracker#English|Goldfish cracker.
   • 1983, Joseph Wambaugh, The Delta Star, Morrow/Perigord, page 215:

     They were both working on their second and The Bad Czech was threatening to break the pub record for eating Goldfish, previously held by the chairman of the division of chemistry.

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