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Poecilia
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poecilia
Translingual
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Etymology
mul la-new -, from mul grc ποικιλία being marked with various colours, striped, spotted, or grc ποικιλίας a kind of fish, both ultimately from grc ποικίλος many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled.
Proper noun
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genus family Poeciliidae poeciliids, called guppy or molly
Hypernyms
genus ; Poeciliinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Poecilia vivipara species type species; for other species see 1 1 or 1
Derived terms
Micropoecilia genus
Poeciliopsis genus
Pseudopoecilia genus
Related terms
Poecilus genus beetle
Descendants
ru пецилия 1
References
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mul Toothcarps