hellery

A fish, a kind of swordtail.

Noun

  1. A fish, a kind of swordtail.
    • The helleries attain a length in the male of about three inches and less in the female. They are silver bellied, light gray back with pink sides […] - 1917, The American Angler, volume 2, page 12:
    • The tiny guppy is sometimes mated with the hellery or swordtail. - 1935, Popular Mechanics Magazine, volume 64, numbers 4-6, page 26:

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