rainbow fish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rainbow fish
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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In one fishwife’s basket there was a score or more of lovely striped rainbow fish that I was pining for; she was charging a lot.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2011
And then there wuz the rainbow fish, which is found both on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts—it has all the colors the rainbow ever had, and more too.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
Sometimes, in the crystal waters near the land, we sailed over the gardens of the sea gods, and, looking down, saw red and purple blooms and shadowy waving forests, with rainbow fish for humming birds.
From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary
Wherever there was shadow this pale glimmer painted it with ethereal colours, like the backs of rainbow fish moving under water.
From The Heather-Moon by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
That exquisite hue and transparency of submarine day, and these shoals of rainbow fish have not enraptured me again.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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