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See also: Guppy
English
Etymology
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʌpi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌpi
Noun
guppy (plural guppies)
- A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).
- Synonym: millionfish
- Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
- (by extension) Any tiny fish.
- Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
- (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- 2001, John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide, page 177:
- I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.
- (climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
obsolete taxonomic names
- Acanthocephalus guppii
- Acanthocephalus reticulatus
- Girardinus guppii
- Girardinus petersi
- Girardinus poeciloides
- Girardinus reticulatus
- Haridichthys reticulatus
- Heterandria guppyi
- Lebistes poecilioides
- Lebistes reticulatus
- Poecilia poeciloides
- Poecilioides reticulatus
Descendants
Translations
Poecilia reticulata
Further reading
guppy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:Poecilia reticulata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Poecilia reticulata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Pronunciation
Noun
guppy m (plural guppys)
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