Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A species of 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”). · Any tiny fish. · A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun. · A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
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