Goldfish: alternatives and connections

An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous roo…

A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.

To talk; to speak; to prattle.

A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.

Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive…

A native of China; a Chinese.

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Of or pertaining to the cypress.

A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.