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beta fishes

beta fishes is the plural of beta fish.

Meaning of beta fish

Noun

beta fish (plural beta fish or beta fishes)

  1. Betta.
    • 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
  2. A person who is in a secondary position in a social hierarchy; a submissive person; a follower.
    • And beta fish can't be beta fish if they are fighting to be alpha fish.2017, Lucy Loo, This Isn't a Prompt

Questions about beta fishes

What is beta fishes the plural of?
Beta fishes is the plural of beta fish.

Words near beta fishes in the dictionary

  1. beta error
  2. beta errors
  3. beta female
  4. beta females
  5. beta fish
  6. beta fishes
  7. beta function
  8. beta functions
  9. Beta Geminorum
  10. beta globin
  11. beta globins

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