zebrafish

[ zee-bruh-fish; British also zeb-ruh- ]

noun

, plural ze·bra·fish·es, (especially collectively) ze·bra·fish.

1. a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zebrafish¹

First recorded in 1765–75; zebra + fish

Example Sentences

In experiments with zebrafish, the team has now managed to fill this knowledge gap.

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Over time, however, this "garbage disposal" became overwhelmed by the protein aggregates, leading to cell death in the zebrafish retina.

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Microstripes -- one-dimensional lanes guiding cell movement -- are printed on the substrate beside a zebrafish scale made up of numerous cells.

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Reduced cell division and cancer spread were also observed in experiments conducted on zebrafish.

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Using gene-editing techniques, the researchers selectively removed, or knocked out, a single gene from an entire population of zebrafish embryos to observe how these genetic alterations affected the formation of gut nerves.

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