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▪ I. guppy1|ˈgʌpɪ|
[f. the name of R. J. L. Guppy, a Trinidad clergyman who sent the first recorded specimen to the British Museum, used as the specific epithet in Gerardinus guppyi (A. Günther Catal. Fishes Brit. Mus. (1866) VI. 353), the name used when the fish was first described.]
A small fish, Lebistes reticulatus, originally from the West Indies, well suited for the aquarium. Cf. million 2 c.
1925Aquatic Life Nov. 110/2 The following are live-bearing tropicals:..Guppy (Lebistes reticulatus). Males small and brilliantly colored. 1927A. E. Hodge Tropical Aquarium-Fishes v. 75 One of the best known of the Killifishes..is the Guppy, or Rainbow Fish (Lebistes Reticulatus) commonly known as ‘Millions’. 1950O. Nash Family Reunion (1951) 71 Seals have puppies, But guppies just have little guppies. 1962Listener 22 Nov. 852/2, I got some guppies—hardy little rainbow-coloured fish.
▪ II. guppy2 orig. U.S.|ˈgʌpɪ|
[f. greater underwater propulsive power + -y6.]
A submarine which has been streamlined and equipped with a schnorkel. Also attrib. Hence guppy v. trans., to streamline (a submarine).
1948Sci. News Let. 27 Mar. 200/3 Called the ‘Guppy’ program, the alterations involve streamlining the hulls of the fleet submarines by reducing the size of their superstructures and by removing deck guns and other topside appendages to cut down on under-water resistance. 1948News (Birmingham, Alabama) 13 Oct. 12/6 However, the Tigrone was not streamlined into the high speed ‘guppy’ class with which the Navy is experimenting. 1949Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50 380 Pickerell [U.S. Navy] is of the new ‘Guppy’ (Greater Underwater Propulsive Power) design and is equipped with the latest devices. Ibid., Cutlass, Sea Leopard, Sirago converted to ‘guppy-schnorkel’. 1959Jane's Fighting Ships 1959–60 44 The boats in this class which have not been ‘guppied’. |