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bitterling

[ bit-er-ling ]

noun

  1. a cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus, found in central and eastern Europe, the female of which has a long, bright yellow or red ovipositor to deposit eggs in the mantle cavity of mussels.


bitterling

/ ˈ²úɪ³ÙÉ™±ôɪŋ /

noun

  1. a small brightly coloured European freshwater cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus : a popular aquarium fish
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bitterling1

1875–80; < German, equivalent to bitter bitter + -ling -ling 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bitterling1

C19: from German; see bitter + -ling 1
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Example Sentences

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Although, one of my beloved characters in “Vernon, Florida,†my philosopher in the swamp, Albert Bitterling—he said to me, “Errol, you know, you don’t break the rules. The rules break you.â€

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When the urine of an occasional nonpregnant woman was discovered to be stimulating to the bitterling, experimenters admitted themselves bewildered.

A. B. M. R. F.'s conclusion: Subsequently the Chicago obstetricians discovered that male urine also caused the bitterling to project her ovipositor.

The bitterling lost her standing and the doe rabbit and mouse were reinstated as nature's best indicators of human pregnancy.

Unexpectedly, extract of the cortices of adrenal glands stimulated the bitterling precisely the way ovarian hormones did.

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