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guppy

ˈgəpi
WordNet
  1. (n) guppy
    small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
Usage in the news

A study of guppies tested if boldness comes from genes or the environment. fishchannel.com

For now the dreaded guppies are Chipotle Mexican Grill and Noodles & Company, two Colorado-based chain restaurants that will be moving into the building currently occupied by Streetside Records, a Loop mainstay for decades. riverfronttimes.com

The crew compartment 's landing aboard the bulbous Super Guppy followed the arrival of several smaller trainer parts. seattlepi.com

'Super Guppy ' aircraft returning to Boeing Field with Space Shuttle section. thenewstribune.com

A reporter shares his first-hand flight experience aboard NASA's Super Guppy , designed for carrying massive payloads. csmonitor.com

Only five of the Guppies were ever produced, and they were used to cart spacecraft components around for the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and shuttle programs. firstcoastnews.com

NASA Super Guppy flies over Seattle skyline. blog.seattlepi.com

'Super Guppy ' arrives in Seattle. king5.com

The shark in the movie Jaws is a guppy compared to the toothy beast that looms in Maryland's Calvert Marine Museum . trailerlife.com

The tourists in Times Square float in schools like lost guppies released into a new zillion-gallon aquarium. blog.nj.com

Laura Dekker of the Netherlands waves to well wishers as she sails her boat Guppy out of the harbor of Den Osse August 4. csmonitor.com

Sex and the Single Guppy Learn how exhibitionism has an evolutionary payoff. pbs.org

Chances are it was a bit bigger than a guppy, but it was your proudest moment. courierpress.com

Orange-loving Trinidad guppies are curiously attracted to orange spots on prawn pincers, which may make it easier for the predators to snatch them up. the-scientist.com

Male guppy with orange spots. the-scientist.com

Usage in scientific papers

Reznick DN, Bryant MJ, Roff D, Ghalambor CK, Ghalambor DE. 2005. Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies.
The Penna Model of Biological Aging

Usage in literature

To the Old Street Road we went and there inquired at Mrs. Guppy's residence for Mrs. Guppy. "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens

Sometimes we sally forth in search of adventures in the thick of a 'London particular,' Mr. Guppy's phrase for a fog. "Penelope's English Experiences" by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Guppy has raised one novel point which can only be briefly referred to but which is of extreme interest. "Darwin and Modern Science" by A.C. Seward and Others

Had it been Guppy now ... "Australia Felix" by Henry Handel Richardson

Mr. Guppy was at the time smoking a cigar. "Mystic London:" by Charles Maurice Davies

Every day we neglect Tootses and Swivellers, Guppys and Joblings, Simmerys and Flashers. "Gilbert Keith Chesterton" by Patrick Braybrooke

Yet 'ere are you a-complainin' because Guppy gets 'imself 'urt. "Adventures of Bindle" by Herbert George Jenkins

Machinery is supplied by the firms of Ansaldo, Odero, Orlando, Guppy & Hawthorn and Pattison. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5" by Various

Chickering will be on the end again, and Guppy is pretty sure to hold the other flank. "Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895" by Various

My people became Vines; the D'Aubigneys, Daubney or Dobbs; the Boileaus, Drinkwater; the Guipets, Guppy. "Of High Descent" by George Manville Fenn