fighting fish

noun

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

fighting fish

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

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.

When my turn came I was soon fast to a hard-fighting fish, but he did not stay with me long.

A whale is a sure enough big creature, but I never heard he was a fighting fish before.

I think there are some fighting fish in that little river that runs along at the end of the golf course.

They catch fighting fish, feed them with mosquito larv, and then train them to fight.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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