Poecilia
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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]
Poecilia f
- 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
Poecilia on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
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
