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helleri

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hel⋅ler⋅i

  [hel-uh-rahy, -ree]
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–noun
1. a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.
2. swordtail.
Origin:
1905–10; < NL helleri (of Heller), a specific epithet, after Carl Heller, 20th cent. tropical fish collector

sword⋅tail

  [sawrd-teyl, sohrd-]
–noun
any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
Also called helleri.

Origin:
1925–30; sword + tail 1
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helleri

noun
freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish [syn: swordtail] 
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