Etymology: New Latin
1. capitalized : a genus of small brilliantly colored long-finned freshwater anabantid fishes of southeastern Asia related to the climbing perch
2. -s sometimes capitalized : any fish of the genus Betta; especially : one (B. splendens) often kept in the tropical aquarium — called also Siamese fighting fish
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/bet"euh/, n.
See fighting fish.
[1925-30; < NL < ?]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.