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ocean pout

American  

noun

  1. an eelpout, Macrozoarces americanus, common along the northeastern coast of North America.


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Me have Atlantic and Chinook genes mixed with touch of ugly eel-like ocean pout.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2015

AquAdvantage, produced by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and has been given a gene from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015

The company created the fish from an Atlantic salmon, adding growth hormone from Chinook salmon from the Pacific and a gene from a fish called an ocean pout to help it grow faster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2015

The second gene, which came from an eel-like creature known as the ocean pout, ensured that the salmon pumped out the growth hormone all year round.

From BusinessWeek ● May 22, 2014

AquaBounty’s fish is an Atlantic salmon with two added genetic elements: a Chinook salmon growth hormone gene and an on-off switch from the ocean pout, another edible fish.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012

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