"guppy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʌpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guppy.wav Forms: guppies [plural], obsolete taxonomic names [canonical]
Rhymes: -ʌpi Etymology: From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Girardinus guppii|species}} Girardinus guppii, {{taxfmt|Poecilia reticulata|species}} Poecilia reticulata Head templates: {{en-noun}} guppy (plural guppies)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Toothcarps Synonyms: millionfish Translations (Poecilia reticulata): гупа (gupa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), živorodka duhová (Czech), paví očko (Czech), gupka [feminine] (Czech), gupio (Esperanto), miljoonakala (Finnish), guppy [masculine] (French), guppi (Hungarian), gupik [masculine] (Polish), pawie oczko [neuter] (Polish), guppy (Portuguese), lebiste (Portuguese), barrigudinho (Portuguese), гу́ппи (gúppi) (Russian), lepistes (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-PSmQNSws Disambiguation of Toothcarps: 36 30 1 4 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 10 4 11 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 11 11 11 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 7 4 9 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 7 3 7 2 2 1 13 1 1 1 1 11 11 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 9 2 8 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 12 12 12 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 8 6 12 2 2 1 11 1 1 1 1 8 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 7 7 8 4 4 1 10 1 1 1 1 9 9 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 27 8 3 7 4 4 1 10 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 9 5 9 3 3 2 12 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 9 6 10 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 8 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 9 5 9 2 2 1 11 1 1 1 1 8 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 8 5 9 2 2 1 11 1 1 1 1 8 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 8 4 8 4 4 1 11 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 9 4 9 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 9 9 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 8 4 8 4 4 1 11 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 1 Disambiguation of 'Poecilia reticulata': 41 3 0 2 3 3 1 7 1 1 0 1 5 5 27 0
  2. (by extension) Any tiny fish. Tags: broadly Categories (lifeform): Toothcarps Translations (any tiny fish): pikkukala (Finnish), малёк (maljók) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-I9D68soy Disambiguation of Toothcarps: 36 30 1 4 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 Disambiguation of 'any tiny fish': 17 75 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
  3. (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-U1EtKQjI Topics: games, paintball
  4. (climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips. Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-H95vBnTS Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. Acanthocephalus guppii
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-4ZjFf973
  6. Acanthocephalus reticulatus
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-N5YtbxXc
  7. Girardinus guppii
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-EmSwoTYE
  8. Girardinus petersi
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-iYPRl5Ey
  9. Girardinus poeciloides
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-ozqMQ7hW
  10. Girardinus reticulatus
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun--UdUzFjd
  11. Haridichthys reticulatus
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun--3mX8hqT
  12. Heterandria guppyi
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-xaFlQ6vL
  13. Lebistes poecilioides
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-VcU87xxJ
  14. Lebistes reticulatus
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-V0zfXuVP
  15. Poecilia poeciloides
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-eVbHGlIp
  16. Poecilioides reticulatus
    Sense id: en-guppy-en-noun-vuw2y1Cy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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            "2": "guppie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: guppie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: guppie"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Girardinus guppii",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Girardinus guppii",
      "name": "taxlink"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Poecilia reticulata",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "guppies",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obsolete taxonomic names",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "Poecilia reticulata",
          "Poecilia reticulata#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "millionfish"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any tiny fish."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Any tiny fish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide, page 177:",
          "text": "I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "paintball",
          "paintball"
        ],
        [
          "tube",
          "tube"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "paintball"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Climbing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "climbing",
          "climbing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "palm",
          "palm"
        ],
        [
          "fingertip",
          "fingertip"
        ]
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        "(climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips."
      ],
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        "climbing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Acanthocephalus guppii"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Acanthocephalus guppii",
          "Acanthocephalus guppii"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Acanthocephalus reticulatus"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
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        [
          "Acanthocephalus reticulatus",
          "Acanthocephalus reticulatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Girardinus guppii"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Girardinus petersi"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Girardinus petersi",
          "Girardinus petersi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Girardinus poeciloides"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Girardinus poeciloides",
          "Girardinus poeciloides"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Girardinus reticulatus"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Girardinus reticulatus",
          "Girardinus reticulatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Haridichthys reticulatus"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Haridichthys reticulatus",
          "Haridichthys reticulatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Heterandria guppyi"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Heterandria guppyi",
          "Heterandria guppyi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lebistes poecilioides"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Lebistes poecilioides",
          "Lebistes poecilioides"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lebistes reticulatus"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Lebistes reticulatus",
          "Lebistes reticulatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Poecilia poeciloides"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Poecilia poeciloides",
          "Poecilia poeciloides"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Poecilioides reticulatus"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Poecilioides reticulatus",
          "Poecilioides reticulatus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʌpi/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gupa",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гупа"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "živorodka duhová"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "paví očko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gupka"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "gupio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "miljoonakala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guppy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "guppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gupik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pawie oczko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "guppy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "lebiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "barrigudinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gúppi",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "гу́ппи"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Poecilia reticulata",
      "word": "lepistes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any tiny fish",
      "word": "pikkukala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maljók",
      "sense": "any tiny fish",
      "word": "малёк"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Robert John Lechmere Guppy",
    "guppy (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "guppy"
}

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