guppy

English - Turkish

Definition of guppy in English Turkish dictionary

(Denizbilim) gupi

ufak  balık

ufak balık

Lebistes türünden ufak renkli balık

süs balık

{i} lebistes

{i} şnorkelli denizaltı

English - English

Definition of guppy in English English dictionary

By extension, any tiny fish

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

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.

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

{i} small tropical fish (often kept in aquariums)

A guppy is a small, brightly-coloured tropical fish. guppies a small brightly-coloured tropical fish. Colourful, freshwater, live-bearing topminnows (Lebistes reticulatus and Poecilia reticulata; see killifish) popular as pets in home aquariums. Guppies are hardy, energetic, easily kept, and prolific. The male, smaller and much more brightly coloured than the female, grows to about 1.5 in. (4 cm). Guppies have been bred in various ornate strains characterized by colour or pattern and by shape and size of the tail and dorsal fins

Related Terms

guppies

plural of guppy

guppies

lebistes

Hyphenation

gup·py

Turkish pronunciation

gʌpi

Synonyms

millionfish, acanthocephalus guppii, acanthocephalus reticulatus, girardinus guppii, girardinus petersi, girardinus poeciloides, girardinus reticulatus, haridichthys reticulatus, heterandria guppyi, lebistes poecilioides, lebistes reticulatus, poecilia poeciloides, poecilia reticulata, poecilioides reticulatus

Pronunciation

/ˈgəpē/ /ˈɡʌpiː/

Etymology

[ 'g&-pE ] (noun.) 1925. From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata