Meaning

Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
2. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of good.
3. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of well.
4. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of better (“had better”).

Example Sentences

Rather than simply waiting for a clockwise turn and then presenting the mirror, past experience with another betta suggested that the turning behavior could be established more rapidly using a shaping procedure.

"Do you know that Siamese fighting fish—bettas—excrete ammonia in their waste, and that ammonia is toxic to fish? Twenty-four hours flapping their little gills in the same, unfiltered water, and they're history.[…]"

I had previously bought a bright red betta fish from the Chinese spiritual store, which I also sense had been sent for Aurayah.

'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'

I pray dat dey he'p us liv' a betta lif ' den dey had.

Joshua shyly looks down at his feet but then glances over at Harriet and says - “Miss Harriet, a beautiful form is betta dan a beautiful face, and a beautiful behavior is betta dan a beautiful form, it gives mo pleasure than statues or pictures.[…]"

“Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”

Now you even know the dope game betta than me, look how much money you save fo me when I went to jail.

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