: 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
Illustration of guppy
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Recent Examples on the WebAfter getting registered as a guppy (the youngest aspiring swimmer group), one of the lifeguards walked me by the shoulders over to a fair-haired bro in sunglasses and said that I hadn’t been claimed for a swim class yet. Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2022 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 In November, Xerox made a guppy-devours-the-whale bid to buy HP, an offer now set at $35 billion. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2020 Because these consumers -- who can individually bet between $1 million and $20 million over the course of a weekend, according to industry estimates -- often have more impact on the bottom line than a floor full of slot machine-playing guppies. Thomas Hesse, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2019 Their ability to discriminate numbers is on par with African grey parrots, dolphins and guppies, among others, Howard wrote. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019 Decades ago, researchers seeded the headwaters of two streams in the mountainous country with guppies taken from a distant habitat. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 16 July 2019 See More