"Poecilia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek ποικιλία (poikilía, “being marked with various colours, striped, spotted”), or ποικιλίας (poikilías, “a kind of fish”), both ultimately from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|mul|grc|ποικιλία||being marked with various colours, striped, spotted}} Ancient Greek ποικιλία (poikilía, “being marked with various colours, striped, spotted”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Poecilia|nogendercat=1}} Poecilia f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – poeciliids, called guppy or molly. Tags: feminine Hyponyms (genus): Poecilia vivipara (english: type species), for other species see Poecilia Related terms: Poecilus (alt: beetle)
    Sense id: en-Poecilia-mul-name-L2DX0vHd Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Actinopterygii (english: superclass), Teleostei (english: subfamily) [class], Acanthopterygii (english: superorder), Percomorpha (english: series), Ovalentaria (english: subfamily), Atherinomorpha (english: clades), Cyprinodontiformes (english: order), Cyprinodontoidei (english: suborder), Poeciliidae (english: family), Poeciliinae (english: subfamily)

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