guppy的词源

英文词源

guppy (n.)

1925, named for R.J.L. Guppy, Trinidad clergyman who supplied the first specimen (1866) to the British Museum. The family name is from a place in Dorset. The class of streamlined U.S. submarines (1948) is an acronym from greater underwater propulsion power + -y.

中文词源

guppy：孔雀鱼

来自R.J.L.Guppy, 19世纪西印度群岛特立尼达牧师，其为大英博物馆首次提供了该鱼样本。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：guppy 词源，guppy 含义。