guppy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).
    — Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
  2. Any tiny fish. broadly
    — Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
  3. A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
    — 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.
  4. A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
  5. Acanthocephalus guppii
  6. Acanthocephalus reticulatus
  7. Girardinus guppii
  8. Girardinus petersi
  9. Girardinus poeciloides
  10. Girardinus reticulatus
  11. Haridichthys reticulatus
  12. Heterandria guppyi
  13. Lebistes poecilioides
  14. Lebistes reticulatus
  15. Poecilia poeciloides
  16. Poecilioides reticulatus

词形变化

guppies plural obsolete taxonomic names canonical

词源

From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary