guppy

See also: Guppy

English

Poecilia reticulata

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):

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• Rhymes: -ʌpi

Noun

guppy (plural guppies)

1. 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.

   Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.

2. (by extension) Any tiny fish.

   Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!

3. (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.

4. (climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.

Synonyms

• millionfish

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

• → Danish: gubbi

Translations

Poecilia reticulata

• Bulgarian: гупа f (gupa)
• Czech: živorodka duhová, paví očko, gupka f
• Esperanto: gupio
• Finnish: miljoonakala (fi)
• French: guppy (fr) m
• Hungarian: guppi (hu)
• Polish: gupik (pl) m, pawie oczko (pl) n
• Portuguese: guppy, lebiste, barrigudinho
• Russian: гу́ппи (ru) (gúppi)
• Turkish: lepistes

any tiny fish

• Finnish: pikkukala
• Russian: малёк (ru) (maljók)

Further reading

• guppy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poecilia reticulata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Poecilia reticulata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.pi/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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Noun

guppy m (plural guppys)

1. guppy