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Guppy vs Minnow - What's the difference?

guppy | minnow |

As nouns the difference between guppy and minnow

is that guppy is a tiny freshwater fish, species: 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 while minnow is a small freshwater fish of the carp family.

As a verb minnow is

to fish minnows.

guppy

English

Noun

(guppies)
  • A tiny freshwater fish, , 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.
  • Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
  • By extension, any tiny fish.
  • Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
  • (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
  • * 2001 , John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide (page 177)
  • * I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.
  • Synonyms

    * (millionfish) (obsolete taxonomic names) * Acanthocephalus guppii * Acanthocephalus reticulatus * Girardinus guppii * Girardinus petersi * Girardinus poeciloides * Girardinus reticulatus * Haridichthys reticulatus * Heterandria guppyi * Lebistes poecilioides * Lebistes reticulatus * Poecilia poeciloides * Poecilia reticulata * Poecilioides reticulatus

    See also

    * ("guppy" on Wikipedia) * * (Poecilia reticulata) English eponyms ----

    minnow

    English

    (wikipedia minnow)

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
  • More generally, any small fish.
  • (football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 29 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}

    See also

    * pinkeen

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (fishing) to fish minnows
  • (fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
  • Derived terms

    * minnower