guppy

1. 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”).

   Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.

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2. (broadly)Any tiny fish.

   Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!

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3. A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.

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

1. Guppies are one of the most popular aquarium fish species.

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2. People are like guppies in a fishbowl that is the Earth.

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3. Maybe, people are like guppies in a fishbowl that is the Earth. We are stuck here.

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4. Religion for many people is like being a guppy in a fishbowl. They do not really acknowledge that there are other fishbowls.

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