Illustration of guppy
- 1 female
- 2 male
plural guppies
: a small bony fish (Poecilia reticulata of the family Poeciliidae) especially of Barbados, Trinidad, and Venezuela that is a live-bearer and is often kept as an aquarium fish
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This behavior occurs across a range of animals, from guppies to gazelles.
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Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023
Tupac was a guppy that got swallowed up by some ferocious sharks.
—Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023
The hatchlings are currently enjoying a private habitat and eating guppies and minnows, Foster said.
—Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
Each guppy is numbered one through four.
—Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2022
In the wild, females of P. reticulata (the Trinidadian guppy) swim in small groups called shoals.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2011
Now, Hendry and colleagues have updated and expanded the original data set with more than 5,000 additional examples: everything from the cranial depth of the common chaffinch to the lifespan of the Trinidadian guppy.
—Amit Katwala, Wired, 4 Feb. 2022
Because of the bay’s world-class beauty as a tourist destination, some who don’t know a halibut from a guppy will often come aboard for the boat ride and a chance to catch a fish.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
The Jazz, inside of a few possessions, finishing up the third quarter straight ahead into and through the fourth, transformed from a guppy into a Great White.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023
Tupac was a guppy that got swallowed up by some ferocious sharks.
—Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023
The hatchlings are currently enjoying a private habitat and eating guppies and minnows, Foster said.
—Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
Each guppy is numbered one through four.
—Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2022
In the wild, females of P. reticulata (the Trinidadian guppy) swim in small groups called shoals.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2011
Now, Hendry and colleagues have updated and expanded the original data set with more than 5,000 additional examples: everything from the cranial depth of the common chaffinch to the lifespan of the Trinidadian guppy.
—Amit Katwala, Wired, 4 Feb. 2022
Because of the bay’s world-class beauty as a tourist destination, some who don’t know a halibut from a guppy will often come aboard for the boat ride and a chance to catch a fish.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
The Jazz, inside of a few possessions, finishing up the third quarter straight ahead into and through the fourth, transformed from a guppy into a Great White.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
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