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CARASSIUS AURATUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
Synonyms:
Carassius auratus; goldfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carassius auratus" is a kind of...):
cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Carassius auratus"):
silverfish (a silvery variety of Carassius auratus)
Holonyms ("Carassius auratus" is a member of...):
Carassius; genus Carassius (goldfish)