Noun: beta fish
| Singular | beta fish |
| Plural | beta fish; beta fishes |
Sample Sentences
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His chest puffed out like one of those Japanese beta fishes when it had caught a glimpse of itself in a mirror. [2009, Duane Schwartz, Cobb's Landing:]
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Beta fish cannot be put together in the same bowl—because they will fight each other to the death. [2011, Douglas Hatten, Destiny of the Tribe of Ephraim and the Restoration of the House of Israel, page 225:]
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We keep twenty beta fish at the restaurant. [2011, Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand, Mary Goodbody, Tru: A Cookbook from the Legendary Chicago Restaurant:]
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And beta fish can't be beta fish if they are fighting to be alpha fish. [2017, Lucy Loo, This Isn't a Prompt:]
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Well, there's Winston. But he's just a beta fish, so he's stuck in the house all day either way. [2020, Bria Quinlan, The Last Single Girl:]
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He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did. [2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319:]
Nouns inflected like beta fish
saltus,
beta fish,
paleofish,
airbreathing catfish,
black rhinoceros,
torrentfish,
megahertz,
pan fish,
solar plexus,
peltops,
yellow perch,
numb-nuts,
springfish,
pilot fish,
FPS,
janitor fish,
seafish,
parados,
Mediterranean parrotfish,
cockfish, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology