guppy

Meanings

Plural: guppies

Noun

small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
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”).
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

Origin / Etymology

From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.

Synonyms

Lebistes reticulatus, millionfish, rainbow fish

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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