The Collaborative International Dictionary
guppy \guppy\ n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought
speciments to the British museum.
--RHUD]
A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies
( Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly
called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also
called rainbow fish.
Syn: rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus.
WordNet
n. small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums [syn: guppy, Lebistes reticulatus]
Wikipedia
The Rainbow Fish is a children's book drawn and written by Marcus Pfister, Swiss author and illustrator, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of Rainbow Fish. Decode Entertainment turned the story into an animated television series of the same name, which had aired on the HBO Family television channel in the United States from 1999 until 2001.
Usage examples of "rainbow fish".
A large rainbow fish was flipped to the ledge and instinctively he grabbed it by the gills before it could wriggle off.
That exquisite hue and transparency of submarine day, and these shoals of rainbow fish, have not enraptured me again.