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单词 guppy
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guppy
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡʌp.i/us/ˈɡʌp.i/
asmallbrightlycolouredtropicalfish:
Thestreamwasabsolutelyfullof guppies.
Male guppiesattractfemalesbyswimmingnext to them andshowingoff thebrightorangemarkingsontheirsides.
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  • Guppies areextremelyeasytobreedbecause afemalecan givebirthanumberoftimesfrom asinglemating.
  • Hismouthflapslike that of a guppy.
  • Female guppies, which do not have amatingseason, areconstantlystalkedbymales.
  • Guppies wereintroducedto theswampandsoonatelargenumbersofmosquitolarvae,reducingtheadultpopulation.
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(Definition ofguppyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Theguppywas then examined daily.
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Not having heard the term before or knowing what it meant, she thinks he might have said guppies.
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The femaleguppyhas drops of between 2 and 200 fry at a time, typically ranging between 30 and 60.
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Male and female guppies from high-predation regions mature faster and start reproducing earlier, and they devote more resources to reproduction than those from low-predation regions.
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The rate and duration of courtship display of male guppies also play an important role in female guppies' mating choice.
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Schooling is more favored by evolution in populations of guppies under high predation pressure, exerted either by predator type or predator density.
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Female guppies' reproductive success is also related to age.
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In a study comparing students to guppies, both the fish and students performed the numerical task almost identically.
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However, the goodeid method of mating is somewhat different from more common livebearers, such as guppies and swordtails.
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The guppies that were exposed to this chemical were more likely to be eaten due to their slower responses.
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They take live prey up to the size of week-oldguppyfry, but need plant material, ideally green algae, to thrive.
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This is the same family that includes familiar aquarium fishes such as guppies and mollies.
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Examples include mollies, guppies, swordtails, platies, bumblebee goby, and glass fish.
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In this study, untrained adult female guppies swam with trained conspecifics to feed and in the process learned the location of a food source.
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It has also been shown experimentally to infect other fish species including northern pike, guppies, zebrafish, and pumpkinseed.
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