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Answer for the clue "Popular aquarium fish ", 5 letters:
platy

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Word definitions for platy in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Platy \Plat"y\, a. Like a plate; consisting of plates.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Platy may refer to: Platy (fish) , two related species of fish, both referred to as platies: Southern platyfish Variable platyfish Platy, Imathia , a town in Imathia, Greece Platy, Lemnos , a village on the island of Lemnos, Greece Platy, a class of structure ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 Resembling plates. 2 (context heraldry English) Of a field semy of plates. 3 (context geology mineralogy English) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral. Etymology 2 n. A (vern: tropical fish) of the genus ''Xiphophorus'' ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish [syn: Platypoecilus maculatus ] [also: platiest , platier ]

Usage examples of platy.

The platy structures of these minerals directly reflect their molecular structure.

Brucite is usually found as platy masses, sometimes of considerable size, which have a perfect cleavage parallel to the surface of the plates.

Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras, Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.

The fish were bright with all the colors of the rainbow, from minnows shorter than his little finger, to angelfish, platys, and groupers as big as his leg.

There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras, Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.