<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small, usually yellow or orange fish, <em>Carassius auratus</em>, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.</li><li>A European finch, <em>Carduelis carduelis</em>, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.</li><li>Any of certain related American finches of the genus <em>Carduelis</em>, as <em>C. tristis</em>, the male of which has yellow body plumage in the summer.</li><li>A whistling sound heard on a radio, a type of interference caused by distant lightning.</li></ul>