goldfish
noun
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.
goldfishes
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pluralof goldfish.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the pool at my feet the goldfishes drag their trains of brown Which cleave it into parts that ceaselessly mingle anew.
From Sandhya Songs of Twilight by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Now it chanced that Lord Lossie himself was in the garden, and, caught also by the rain while feeding some pet goldfishes in a pond, betook himself to the same summer house, following Malcolm.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
He even stopped for tea at the Japanese garden, throwing bits of sweetened rice-flour cakes to the goldfishes in their chocolate-colored pond near the tea pavilion.
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
But there were no tinkling bells, no chain of gold, no silver whistle; and the cockatoos and the goldfishes knew Chinna Tumbe no more.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
There was a slight silence broken by Stella, who said that we were going to get some goldfishes soon.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton
