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# goldfish

«goldfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small orange or gold-coloured fish, often kept as a pet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a goldfish, goldfish — the plural is usually the same)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small orange or gold-coloured fish, often kept as a pet in a tank or pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#m1)

2) "A goldfish bowl" can mean a place where everyone can see what you are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and pet care, goldfish need a large tank with clean water and a filter, the right amount of food (not too much), and their water partly changed regularly. A small round bowl is not a good home. Goldfish can live for over ten years if looked after well. In science, they breathe oxygen dissolved in water through their gills. Myth: goldfish do not have a three-second memory; they can learn and remember for months. Phrases: "goldfish bowl", "goldfish pond", "feed the goldfish".

### examples

- We won a goldfish at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x1)
- Feed the goldfish only a pinch of food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x2)
- Our goldfish swim in a big tank with a filter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x3)
- Goldfish breathe through their gills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x4)
- The pond in the park is full of goldfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x5)
- My goldfish, Bubbles, is five years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x6)
- Change some of the tank water every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x7)
- Three goldfish and two snails live in the tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x8)
- The raven sat down on the edge of the marble basin and tried to peck the goldfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/#x9)

### note

Plural: usually "goldfish" (three goldfish), though "goldfishes" is sometimes used. One word: goldfish. They are a kind of carp. Myth: their memory is longer than three seconds. Overfeeding makes the water dirty and can make fish ill.

### In the corpora

- [The idea that goldfish remember things for only 3 seconds is a myth: experiments show they remember feeding times and tricks for months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/1-what-a-habitat-is/9/)
- [The three-second memory is a myth; experiments show goldfish can remember things for weeks and even months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/4/)
- [In one experiment goldfish learned to push a lever for food and remembered the time of day when it worked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/5/)
- [Goldfish quickly learn that a person near the tank means food is coming, and they gather at the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/6/)
- [In a good pond goldfish can grow to over 20 to 30 centimetres and live 10 to 20 years or more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goldfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goldfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.