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noun

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

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Also called betta.

Compare Siamese fighting fish.

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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.
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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
They catch fighting fish, feed them with mosquito larv, and then train them to fight.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe|Ernest Young

British Dictionary definitions for fighting fish

fighting fish

noun

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

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