Definitions
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- adjective
Fisher (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Fisher's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Fisher.
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Examples
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Although Vibrio fisheri are beneficial to squid, a closely related bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, causes cholera in humans.
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The relationship that Nyholm and his students study involves the tiny Hawaiian bobtail squid and its symbiotic bacterium, Vibrio fisheri.
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Somateria fisheri), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle
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