fighting fish


noun
  1. any of several brightly colored labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, found in Southeast Asia.

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How to use fighting fish in a sentence

  • If Tracy wanted something crazy, like a fighting fish from Chinatown, Kenneth was the guy who would go out and get it.

  • Something took hold and I hooked it and found myself fast to a deep-sea, hard-fighting fish of some kind.

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
  • When my turn came I was soon fast to a hard-fighting fish, but he did not stay with me long.

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
  • A whale is a sure enough big creature, but I never heard he was a fighting fish before.

    Wide Courses | James Brendan Connolly
  • I think there are some fighting fish in that little river that runs along at the end of the golf course.

    The Golf Course Mystery | Chester K. Steele

British Dictionary definitions for fighting fish

fighting fish

noun
  1. any of various labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, esp the Siamese fighting fish

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