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goldfishes

goldfishes is the plural of goldfish.

Meaning of goldfish

Noun

goldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)

  1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
    • For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
  2. (figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.

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Noun capitalized: Goldfishes

Goldfishes

  1. (plural) plural of Goldfish

Questions about goldfishes

What is goldfishes the plural of?
Goldfishes is the plural of goldfish.
What part of speech is goldfishes?
Goldfishes is a noun.

Words near goldfishes in the dictionary

  1. Goldfish Club
  2. goldfish plant
  3. goldfish plants
  4. goldfisheries
  5. goldfishery
  6. goldfishes
  7. goldfishlike
  8. goldfishy
  9. goldgreed
  10. goldhammer
  11. goldhammers

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