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Definition of Carassius
1. Noun. Goldfish.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cyprinidae, Family Cyprinidae
Member holonyms: Carassius Auratus, Goldfish, Carassius Carassius, Carassius Vulgaris, Crucian Carp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carassius
Literary usage of Carassius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1899)
"The Gold-fish (carassius auratus L.) is originally olivaceous, but only the
orange-red variety is ... Both carassius and Cyprinus are native in China. a. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1885)
"For example, Cyprinus carassius of Linnaeus, the Prussian carp, received afterwards
the name of carassius vulgaris (Willson), the authority of Linnaeus for ..."
3. The Life of Merlin: Surnamed Ambrosius; His Prophecies and Predictions by Thomas Heywood (1812)
"... and to suppress them as rebels, was slain by this carassius, who took upon
him the regal dignity in th« the year of the incarnation of Christ 218. ..."
4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"San Luis Valley, Western Colorado. (Cope.) (Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila.
1874, 130, and Zool. Wheeler's Expl. W. 100th Mer. v, 640.) 112.—carassius ..."
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