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bucket biologist
 n.— «There’s a term for people who transplant fish into a body of water where they don’t belong: They’re called “bucket biologists.”» —“Idaho Fights Invasive Species With Drawdown, Poison” by Elizabeth Wynne Johnson in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Oregon Public Broadcasting Aug. 29, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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