GUPPY
What does "GUPPY" mean?
A small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in home aquariums and famous for breeding rapidly.
Meanings
- A tiny tropical fish (Poecilia reticulata) native to South America, kept widely as a pet for its hardiness and color. The tank was full of guppies darting between the plastic plants.
Did you know?
- The guppy is named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy, who shipped the little fish from Trinidad to the British Museum in the 1860s.
- Guppies don't lay eggs - they are livebearers, giving birth to fully formed, swimming young.
Word origin
Named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy, a Trinidad-based naturalist who sent specimens to the British Museum in the 1860s, where the fish was named in his honor.
Remember it
A guppy is a guy named Guppy's fish: the man's surname swam straight into the dictionary.
A little poem
A flick of wet flame-
the smallest fish in the tank
outnumbers the rest.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why are guppies bad at keeping secrets? Because they're always spilling the tank.
What it teaches
Being small is no excuse for being still; the tiniest swimmer can fill a whole sea.
Quick facts
What does GUPPY mean?
A small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in home aquariums and famous for breeding rapidly.
Is GUPPY a valid word?
Yes — GUPPY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GUPPY?
GUPPY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GUPPY come from?
Named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy, a Trinidad-based naturalist who sent specimens to the British Museum in the 1860s, where the fish was named in his honor.
What can GUPPY teach us?
Being small is no excuse for being still; the tiniest swimmer can fill a whole sea.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.