Sprague Dawley

English

Etymology

First produced by the Sprague-Dawley farms in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1925.

Noun

Sprague Dawley (plural Sprague Dawleys)

1. A kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

Usage notes

• The name was originally hyphenated, but the trademark as used today by Envigo is not.