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

Examples of goldfish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web It’s got hoop earrings and purple lipstick, and a stray graying hair is being held aloft in the cosmos by what appears to be a goldfish, or maybe a tiny mermaid. —

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2023 Rodgers then opened his hands to reveal … a goldfish. —

Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023 The Patapsco, Choptank, Patuxent and Pocomoke rivers further away also hold plenty of the overgrown goldfish. —

Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2023 Police in nearby Stafford County said three toddlers went to the hospital last year after eating goldfish crackers that contained THC. —

Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 15 July 2023 He was deployed to Antakya the week after the earthquake, helping to rescue dogs, cats, bunnies, reptiles, and even a bowl of goldfish that remained intact while the residence around it had been destroyed. —

Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023 The swimming goldfish leave trails too, albeit evanescent ones — whispers in the water. —

Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023 Soon after that project Berens added a goldfish pond, an Asian garden and a vegetable garden. —

Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023 Stock some koi, goldfish and even red-eared slider turtles in it. —

Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023 See More

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