Poecilia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ποικιλία (poikilía, “being marked with various colours, striped, spotted”), or ποικιλίας (poikilías, “a kind of fish”), both ultimately from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled”).

Proper noun

Poecilia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – poeciliids, called guppy or molly.

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