veiltail goldfish

[ veyl-teyl ]

/ ˈveɪlˌteɪl /

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noun

an artificially bred, indoor variety of goldfish, usually golden or calico and of a spheroid shape, having a fully divided, drooping tail fin exceeding the body in length.

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Also called veiltail .

Compare fantail goldfish.

Words nearby veiltail goldfish

Veii, veil, veiled, veiling, veilleuse, veiltail goldfish, vein, veining, veinlet, veins, veinstone

How to use veiltail goldfish in a sentence

They include “The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell” painted in 1932 and “The Harbour, Cannes,” painted circa 1933.
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And in item 6c I get to list my dependents—three children, four dogs, six laying hens, two goldfish, and a hamster.
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She told Harry that she did not want to live in the goldfish bowl of Royal family life.
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He found a manager who was buying a package of Goldfish crackers and pulled the pellet gun on him.
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The Jets step up to help Elmo train and Elmo helps them score a win, or at least his pet goldfish Dorothy does.
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There are clumps of ornamental wood, flower-beds, and artificial ponds with goldfish swimming in them.
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My waif was curled up in my kimono, feeding my fan-tailed goldfish.
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Already the boy could take a pair of rabbits out of a high hat, or change a bunch of carrots into a bowl of goldfish.
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A good name, he seems to believe, is something which a woman carries tightly clasped in both arms like a bowl of goldfish.
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun
He said that when he grew up he was going to be a merchant, and he had already begun to carry on a trade in canaries and goldfish.
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