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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This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Most little kids have the attention span of goldfish.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The park has formed a partnership with the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and the City of Edina to explore a new use for the invasive goldfish clogging Lake Cornelia.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Most little kids have the attention span of goldfish.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The park has formed a partnership with the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and the City of Edina to explore a new use for the invasive goldfish clogging Lake Cornelia.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for goldfish
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“Goldfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goldfish. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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goldfish
noun
gold·fish
-ˌfish
: a small usually golden orange fish that is often kept in aquariums or ponds
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