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carassius auratusnounsmall golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

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carassius auratusnounsmall golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
minnownounAny small fish.
carpnounAny of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
blowfishnounA delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
fishnoun(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
finfishnoun(informal) Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
fishy(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
rednoun(countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
peznoun(Canada, US) A kind of candy in the form of small blocks that is sold in small plastic dispensers.
piscesnoun(astrology) The zodiac sign for the fish, supposed to be ruled by Neptune or Jupiter and to influence events occurring between February 20 and March 20 (tropical) or, less often, between March 15 and April 14 (sidereal).
poissonnoun(mathematics) The Poisson distribution.
schoolboynounA boy attending school.
swamverb(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
fischernounA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
auratusnoun
carassiusCarassius is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae.
fishermennounA fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
genus carassiusnoungoldfish
roundfishnounAny fish that is not a flatfish.
silverfishnounA small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.

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