Goldfish
noun
A small, shiny, usually orange fish often kept as a pet.
She has two goldfish in a tank in her room.
Often appears as...
- goldfish tank
- goldfish bowl
noun
A dark yellow color.
She wore a beautiful dress of goldfish color.
Often appears as...
- goldfish color
- goldfish hue
noun
A small, shiny, usually orange fish often kept as a pet.
She has two goldfish in a tank in her room.
Often appears as...
- goldfish tank
- goldfish bowl
noun
A dark yellow color.
She wore a beautiful dress of goldfish color.
Often appears as...
- goldfish color
- goldfish hue
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Pro Tip 1/3Pet Care
Goldfish need a tank with clean water and space to swim, showing they're living creatures, not just decor.
Remember to clean your goldfish tank regularly to keep them healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Pets
Goldfish are popular pets; understanding references to them can help you in conversations about common pets.
My first pet was a goldfish; it's such an easy pet to start with.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, goldfish symbolize good luck or prosperity, especially during certain festivals.
During the Lunar New Year, it's customary to have a goldfish to bring good fortune.
Pro Tip 1/3Pet Care
Goldfish need a tank with clean water and space to swim, showing they're living creatures, not just decor.
Remember to clean your goldfish tank regularly to keep them healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Pets
Goldfish are popular pets; understanding references to them can help you in conversations about common pets.
My first pet was a goldfish; it's such an easy pet to start with.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, goldfish symbolize good luck or prosperity, especially during certain festivals.
During the Lunar New Year, it's customary to have a goldfish to bring good fortune.
Pro Tip 1/3Pet Care
Goldfish need a tank with clean water and space to swim, showing they're living creatures, not just decor.
Remember to clean your goldfish tank regularly to keep them healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Pets
Goldfish are popular pets; understanding references to them can help you in conversations about common pets.
My first pet was a goldfish; it's such an easy pet to start with.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, goldfish symbolize good luck or prosperity, especially during certain festivals.
During the Lunar New Year, it's customary to have a goldfish to bring good fortune.
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The smelly mystery of...
right the way across the animal kingdom, in male animals, in female animals. It works just as well underwater for goldfish and lobsters. And almost every mammal you can think of has had a pheromone identified, and of course, an enormous number of insects.
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Which animal has the...
Exactly how they use their complex eyes is a mystery. Meanwhile, with just four kinds of color photoreceptors, goldfish actually excel at discerning subtle differences in shades. Finally, insects have mastered the ability to see the world... on the fly.
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Rebecca Onie: What if...
And what do they do when they're there? They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank, they read extremely old copies of Good Housekeeping magazine. But mostly we all just sit there forever, waiting. How did we get here
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What if our healthcare...
this country and what do they do when they're there they said they watch the goldfish in the fish tank they read extremely old copies of Good Housekeeping magazine but mostly we all just sit there forever waiting how did
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Monster Fish, Part 1:...
than any river in the world and it has species like the giant carp a 600-pound goldfish the goonch catfish you know such a strange-looking catfish the little beady cat's eyes and nail like
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
When Dorothy was a little girl, she was fascinated by her goldfish. Her father explained to her that fish swim by quickly wagging their tails to propel themselves through the water.
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How Do Goldfish Flirt? PIPE...
experiments revealed that goldfish recognize their owners they have surprisingly good memories to five months are long they're extendable jaw help suck up food the edible bets are
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Octopus In The Living...
see laurel every day hello laura was just glad to have a pet that was glad to see her yeah i think a lot of her pets kind of indifferent to her her goldfish and her
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Kees Moeliker: How a...
This is a moose. It's a moose trying to copulate with a bronze statue of a bison. This is in Montana, 2008. This is a frog that tries to copulate with a goldfish.
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This Senior-Citizen...
have been a fish I won't say what kind but certainly was not a goldfish oh the freedom I feel so free I just wish I
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The smelly mystery of...
right the way across the animal kingdom, in male animals, in female animals. It works just as well underwater for goldfish and lobsters. And almost every mammal you can think of has had a pheromone identified, and of course, an enormous number of insects.
Video examples
Which animal has the...
Exactly how they use their complex eyes is a mystery. Meanwhile, with just four kinds of color photoreceptors, goldfish actually excel at discerning subtle differences in shades. Finally, insects have mastered the ability to see the world... on the fly.
Video examples
Rebecca Onie: What if...
And what do they do when they're there? They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank, they read extremely old copies of Good Housekeeping magazine. But mostly we all just sit there forever, waiting. How did we get here
Video examples
What if our healthcare...
this country and what do they do when they're there they said they watch the goldfish in the fish tank they read extremely old copies of Good Housekeeping magazine but mostly we all just sit there forever waiting how did
Video examples
Monster Fish, Part 1:...
than any river in the world and it has species like the giant carp a 600-pound goldfish the goonch catfish you know such a strange-looking catfish the little beady cat's eyes and nail like
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
When Dorothy was a little girl, she was fascinated by her goldfish. Her father explained to her that fish swim by quickly wagging their tails to propel themselves through the water.
Video examples
How Do Goldfish Flirt? PIPE...
experiments revealed that goldfish recognize their owners they have surprisingly good memories to five months are long they're extendable jaw help suck up food the edible bets are
Video examples
Octopus In The Living...
see laurel every day hello laura was just glad to have a pet that was glad to see her yeah i think a lot of her pets kind of indifferent to her her goldfish and her
Video examples
Kees Moeliker: How a...
This is a moose. It's a moose trying to copulate with a bronze statue of a bison. This is in Montana, 2008. This is a frog that tries to copulate with a goldfish.
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This Senior-Citizen...
have been a fish I won't say what kind but certainly was not a goldfish oh the freedom I feel so free I just wish I
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
In a world where the body politic has the attention span at times of a goldfish, yep, you've got to have the ability to reinvent yourself in this game many times.
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Fred Gwynne
American Actor
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish.
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Olivia Hussey
British Actress
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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Graham Taylor
English Coach
Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.
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Yoshihiko Noda
Japanese Statesman
A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
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Paul Rudd
American Actor
I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.
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Chevy Chase
American Comedian
Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
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Princess Margaret
British Royalty
I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
In a world where the body politic has the attention span at times of a goldfish, yep, you've got to have the ability to reinvent yourself in this game many times.
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Fred Gwynne
American Actor
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish.
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Olivia Hussey
British Actress
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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Graham Taylor
English Coach
Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.
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Yoshihiko Noda
Japanese Statesman
A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
Quote examples
Paul Rudd
American Actor
I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.
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Chevy Chase
American Comedian
Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
Quote examples
Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
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Princess Margaret
British Royalty
I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl.
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