Guppy

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  • noun. A small live-bearing freshwater fish (Poecilia reticulata), native to northern South America and adjacent islands of the West Indies, bred in many colorful varieties and popular in home aquariums.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies (Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also called rainbow fish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. By extension, any tiny fish.
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  • noun. small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
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    "Jeffcoat said he booked a reservation on the "guppy" - a nickname that refers to the plane's stubby, round profile - when he heard of the retirement."
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    cuppy  puppy  yuppie  
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