Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small freshwater fish (Danio rerio) of South Asia that has horizontal dark blue and silvery stripes, is popular in home aquariums, and is used as a model organism in the study of developmental biology and medical genetics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
striped fish , Danio rerio, originally fromIndia but now common as anaquarium fish and as a subject ofgenetic experiments .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word zebrafish.
Examples
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
innovations-report 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
innovations-report 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
-
The zebrafish is a popular drug research model because it is transparent and the effects of drugs are easily monitored.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
Morris calls the zebrafish an ideal genetic model for studies of development and disease.
-
Today, scientists can offer a real-life glimpse of this developmental bifurcation by pointing to vertebrates, such as zebrafish, that retain pharyngeal teeth only; others, such as mouse and human, that have oral teeth only; and a subset, including cichlids, that thrives with both.
Emaxhealth 2009
-
Today, scientists can offer a real-life glimpse of this developmental bifurcation by pointing to vertebrates, such as zebrafish, that retain pharyngeal teeth only; others, such as mouse and human, that have oral teeth only; and a subset, including cichlids, that thrives with both.
Emaxhealth 2009
kalayzich commented on the word zebrafish
These fish are from Northern India ,
Brachydanio rerio
May 19, 2009