helleri

[ hel-uh-rahy, -ree ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of helleri¹

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

Example Sentences

He supposed that it would be called the Mole Helleri.

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