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bullhead catfish cancer
/ˈbʊl.hɛd ˈkæt.fɪʃ ˈkæn.sər/
Definition
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A colloquial or specific scientific reference to the increased susceptibility and observed incidences of hepatic tumors (liver cancer) in wild populations of bullhead catfish, often used by environmental scientists as a bioindicator for water quality and carcinogenic pollution in river ecosystems.
Examples
The river biologist noted that the bullhead catfish cancer rates serve as a grim report card for the local factory's waste management system.
Trying to eat a bullhead catfish from that industrial bay is essentially playing a high-stakes game of cellular roulette.
Scientists studying bullhead catfish cancer are basically the detectives of the aquatic world, hunting down invisible toxins instead of fingerprints.