Poecilia

See also: poecilia

Translingual

Etymology

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

Poecilia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – poeciliids, called guppy or molly.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Poecilia vivipara - type species; for other species see Poecilia on WikispeciesWikispecies or Poecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Related terms

• Poecilus (beetle)

Descendants

• English: poeciliid

References

• Poecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poecilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Poecilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons