"zebrafish" meaning in English

See zebrafish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: zebrafishes [plural], zebrafish [plural]
Etymology: From zebra + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|zebra|fish}} zebra + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|zebrafish}} zebrafish (plural zebrafishes or zebrafish)
  1. A small striped fish of species Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments. Categories (lifeform): Cyprinids, Perch and darters, Scorpaeniform fish Synonyms: zebra danio Translations (Danio rerio): peix zebra [masculine] (Catalan), dánio [neuter] (Czech), zebřička [feminine] (Czech), seeprakala (Finnish), Zebrabarbe [feminine] (German), Zebrabärbling [masculine] (German), zebrahal (Hungarian), zebradánió (Hungarian), 제브라피쉬 (jebeurapiswi) (Korean), peixe-zebra [masculine] (Portuguese), zebră [feminine] (Romanian), да́нио-ре́рио (dánio-rério) [masculine] (Russian), да́мский чуло́к (dámskij čulók) [masculine] (Russian), брахида́нио-ре́рио (braxidánio-rério) [masculine] (Russian), sebrafisk [common-gender] (Swedish), zebrafisk [common-gender] (Swedish), zebra balığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-zebrafish-en-noun-QVaspt29 Disambiguation of Cyprinids: 77 6 17 Disambiguation of Perch and darters: 76 7 17 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 77 6 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 15 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 12 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 13 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 11 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 51 10 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 13 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 10 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 52 11 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 56 12 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 11 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 11 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 56 11 33 Disambiguation of 'Danio rerio': 75 6 19
  2. A member of certain species of Percina (logperch). Synonyms (Percina): rough-belly darter
    Sense id: en-zebrafish-en-noun-5hEZqH9o Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of 'Percina': 0 100 0
  3. Certain venomous lionfish, of genus Pterois.
    Sense id: en-zebrafish-en-noun-xhaY8QJe Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 10 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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