guppy
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌpi/
The English word “guppy” has 16 meanings listed here.
noun
- A species of 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”).
- Any tiny fish.
- A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
- Acanthocephalus guppii
- Acanthocephalus reticulatus
- Girardinus guppii
- Girardinus petersi
- Girardinus poeciloides
- Girardinus reticulatus
- Haridichthys reticulatus
- Heterandria guppyi
- Lebistes poecilioides
- Lebistes reticulatus
- Poecilia poeciloides
- Poecilioides reticulatus
Etymology
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
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