CARASSIUS AURATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carassius auratus mean? 

• CARASSIUS AURATUS (noun)
  The noun CARASSIUS AURATUS has 1 sense:

1. small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

  Familiarity information: CARASSIUS AURATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARASSIUS AURATUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carassius auratus; goldfish

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)