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Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
guppy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡʌpi/
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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”).
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Examples
- Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
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Synonyms: millionfish
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noun
Meaning 3
Any tiny fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
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noun
Meaning 4
A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, paintball
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noun
Meaning 5
A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
Acanthocephalus guppii
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noun
Meaning 7
Acanthocephalus reticulatus
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noun
Meaning 8
Girardinus guppii
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noun
Meaning 9
Girardinus petersi
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noun
Meaning 10
Girardinus poeciloides
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noun
Meaning 11
Girardinus reticulatus
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noun
Meaning 12
Haridichthys reticulatus
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noun
Meaning 13
Heterandria guppyi
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noun
Meaning 14
Lebistes poecilioides
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noun
Meaning 15
Lebistes reticulatus
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noun
Meaning 16
Poecilia poeciloides
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noun
Meaning 17
Poecilioides reticulatus
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noun
Meaning 18
small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus
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Broader terms: cyprinodont
History
Etymology
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гупа (gupa) — Poecilia reticulata
- Czech: živorodka duhová — Poecilia reticulata
- Czech: paví očko — Poecilia reticulata
- Czech: gupka — Poecilia reticulata
- Danish: gubbi — Poecilia reticulata
- Dutch: guppie — Poecilia reticulata
- Esperanto: gupio — Poecilia reticulata
- Finnish: miljoonakala — Poecilia reticulata
- French: guppy — Poecilia reticulata
- Hungarian: guppi — Poecilia reticulata
- Polish: gupik — Poecilia reticulata
- Polish: pawie oczko — Poecilia reticulata
- Portuguese: guppy — Poecilia reticulata
- Portuguese: lebiste — Poecilia reticulata
- Portuguese: barrigudinho — Poecilia reticulata
- Russian: гу́ппи (gúppi) — Poecilia reticulata
- Turkish: lepistes — Poecilia reticulata
- Czech: čudla — any tiny fish
- Finnish: pikkukala — any tiny fish
- Russian: малёк (maljók) — any tiny fish