Definition of Helleri

1. Noun. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish.

Exact synonyms: Swordtail, Topminnow, Xyphophorus Helleri
Generic synonyms: Cyprinodont
Group relationships: Genus Xyphophorus, Xyphophorus

Definition of Helleri

1. a tropical fish [n -S or -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helleri

hellebores
helleborin
helleborine
helleborines
helleborism
helleborus
helled
hellenization
hellenizations
hellenize
hellenized
hellenizes
hellenizing
hellenophone
heller
helleri (current term)
helleries
helleris
hellers
hellery
hellfire
hellfires
hellgramite
hellgramites
hellgrammiate
hellgrammite
hellgrammites
hellhag
hellhags
hellhole

Literary usage of Helleri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"Microcosmus helleri-{-"! M. gleba Hartmeyer, Kungl. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl., LX, No. 4, p. 19, PI. i, figs. 6-9. 145 in Fig. 14"). ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"G. helleri Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 280. 1893. G. polycephalum helleri Fernald, Rhodora io: 94. 1908. Similar to the preceding species, ..."

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