guppies

Variant of guppy

noun pl. guppies

a small, freshwater fish (Poecilia reticulata), a livebearer native to Barbados, Trinidad, and Venezuela: it is often kept in aquariums because of its brilliant coloring

Origin: after R. J. L. Guppy, of Trinidad, who first provided specimens for the British Museum

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