"guppy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʌpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guppy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: guppies [plural]
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. 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 7 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 41 3 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 42 4 18 Disambiguation of 'Poecilia reticulata': 91 6 0 3
  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: 39 53 1 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 7 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 41 3 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 42 4 18 Disambiguation of 'any tiny fish': 18 81 0 1
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 7 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 41 3 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 42 4 18 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: millionfish, Acanthocephalus guppii, Acanthocephalus reticulatus, Girardinus guppii, Girardinus petersi, Girardinus poeciloides, Girardinus reticulatus, Haridichthys reticulatus, Heterandria guppyi, Lebistes poecilioides, Lebistes reticulatus, Poecilia poeciloides, Poecilioides reticulatus

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      "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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