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helleri

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[hel-uh-rahy, -ree] / ˈhɛl əˌraɪ, -ri /

noun

  1. a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.

  2. swordtail.

Etymology

Origin of helleri

1905–10; < New Latin helleri (of Heller), a specific epithet, after Carl Heller, 20th cent. tropical fish collector

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