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helleri
[ hel-uh-rahy, -ree ]
noun
- a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.
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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
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Example Sentences
Vitis cordifolia helleri is first mentioned by Bailey in 1897.
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It is to honor his contributions to mammalogy that the subspecies is named helleri.
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The dark color is as might be expected since helleri inhabits the humid Tropical Zone.
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