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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Panahi followed suit with his first feature-length film, The White Balloon, using a pair of siblings trying to find a goldfish for their Nowruz, or New Year, celebration to dramatize economic hardship.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
His goldfish had died the year before.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Bottum and his friends eat goldfish, pop pills, and go on the hunt for a legend of the hippie era, Timothy Leary.
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This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
His goldfish had died the year before.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Bottum and his friends eat goldfish, pop pills, and go on the hunt for a legend of the hippie era, Timothy Leary.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Goldfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goldfish. Accessed 29 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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