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| gup·py [ gúppee ] (plural gup·pies) |
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small brightly colored fish: a small freshwater fish that has a brightly colored tail, produces live young rather than eggs, and is popular in aquariums. Native to: Caribbean, South America. Latin name Poecilia reticulata.
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| [Early 20th century. After the Reverend R. J. Lechmere Guppy (1836-1916), who sent the first specimen from Trinidad to the British Museum] |
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