Syn: rainbow fish, {Lebistes reticulatus}. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
guppy — n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD] A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies ({Lebistes reticulatus} or {Poecilia reticulata}, originaly called {Gerardinus guppyi}), often kept in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lebistes reticulatus — guppy guppy n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD] A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies ({Lebistes reticulatus} or {Poecilia reticulata}, originaly called {Gerardinus guppyi}),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lebistes reticulatus — guppy guppy n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD] A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies ({Lebistes reticulatus} or {Poecilia reticulata}, originaly called {Gerardinus guppyi}),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poecilia reticulata — guppy guppy n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD] A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies ({Lebistes reticulatus} or {Poecilia reticulata}, originaly called {Gerardinus guppyi}),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rainbow fish — guppy guppy n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD] A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies ({Lebistes reticulatus} or {Poecilia reticulata}, originaly called {Gerardinus guppyi}),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guppy — /gup ee/, n., pl. guppies. a small, freshwater topminnow, Poecilia reticulata, often kept in aquariums. Also called rainbow fish. [named after R.J.L. Guppy (1836 1916) of Trinidad, who presented specimens to the British Museum; catalogued under… … Universalium
