Guppy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  guppy \guppy\ n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought
     speciments to the British museum. --RHUD]
     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}.


  
     Syn: rainbow fish, {Lebistes reticulatus}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guppy
       n : small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies;
           often kept in aquariums [syn: {rainbow fish}, {Lebistes
           reticulatus}]