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medaka
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me·da·ka  (m-däk)
n.
A small Japanese fish (Oryzias latipes) commonly found in rice fields and often used in biological research or in stocking aquariums.

[Japanese, killifish : me, eye + daka, high.]


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Though the modified medakas mated more frequently, their offspring were less viable.
Howard found that the larger transgenic males mated three times for every time the natural-bred males did--not surprising, considering the premium that female medakas place on male size.
 
 
 
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