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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of zebrafish1

First recorded in 1765–75; zebra + fish

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