guppy
/ˈɡʌpi/
- n.
- 古比
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源说明
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
释义
名词noun
- 1A species of tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).
- 2by extensionAny tiny fish.
- 3(paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- 4(climbing) A hold across the palm