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me·da·ka

(mĭ-dä′kə)

A small Japanese fish (Oryzias latipes) that is commonly found in rice paddies and is often used in biological research or in stocking aquariums.

[Japanese : me, eye + -daka, combining form of taka-, stem of takai, high (in reference to its large, protuberant eyes).]

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me•da•ka

(mɪˈdæk ə)

n., pl. -kas.

a small Japanese fish, Oryzias latipes, often kept in aquariums.

[1930–35; < Japanese]

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