Poecilia
See also: poecilia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – poeciliids, called guppy or molly.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family; Poeciliinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Poecilia vivipara - type species; for other species see
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Poecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Related terms edit
- Poecilus (beetle)
Descendants edit
- English: poeciliid
References edit
- Poecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Poecilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Poecilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
