guppy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums

Etymology

From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.

In classic literature

Synonyms

rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus

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