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• The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate.From the entry maturity
• I sprinkled little flakes into the fish tank for the guppies to eat.From the entry fish tank
• For what it’s worth, the same holds true for fish bowls: overfill and you’ll suffocate the guppies.2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, →ISBN, page 253. From the entry for what it's worth
• Not in some dinky little magazine office with a bunch of guppies!1987 [1987 August], Alan Moore, “Chapter XI: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...”, in Watchmen, DC Comics, page 349. From the entry guppie
• The tiny guppy is sometimes mated with the hellery or swordtail.1935, Popular Mechanics Magazine, volume 64, numbers 4-6, page 26. From the entry hellery
• Larger guppies, which are typically less agile and easier to catch, benefited the most from this matadorlike strategy.2020 January 9, Richard Sima, “The Matador in Your Fish Tank”, in Scientific American. From the entry matadorlike
• What we have these days is a diverse spectrum of yuppiness: guppies, buppies, indie yups, paleo-yups, luxe yups, schlub yups, dharma yups, tyro yups, crypto-yups.2008, Jeff Gordinier, X Saves the World, →ISBN. From the entry yup
• The most striking example is a family of small fish living in tropical American waters called the Poeciliidae among whom guppies, mosquito fish and the four-eyed anableps are best known.1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life. From the entry anableps

Meaning of guppy

1. noun A 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”).
2. noun Any tiny fish.
3. noun A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.

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How do you use guppy in a sentence?

Guppy is used as a noun. For example: “Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.”

What is a short sentence with guppy?

“Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!”

What does guppy mean?

Guppy means a 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”).