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GUPPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guppy mean?
• GUPPY (noun)
The noun GUPPY has 1 sense:
1. small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
Familiarity information: GUPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
guppy; Lebistes reticulatus; rainbow fish
Hypernyms ("guppy" is a kind of...):
cyprinodont (any member of the family Cyprinodontidae)
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