"beta fish" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beta fish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beta fishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "beta fish",
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Duane Schwartz, Cobb's Landing",
          "text": "His chest puffed out like one of those Japanese beta fishes when it had caught a glimpse of itself in a mirror.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Douglas Hatten, Destiny of the Tribe of Ephraim and the Restoration of the House of Israel, page 225",
          "text": "Beta fish cannot be put together in the same bowl—because they will fight each other to the death.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand, Mary Goodbody, Tru: A Cookbook from the Legendary Chicago Restaurant",
          "text": "We keep twenty beta fish at the restaurant.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Betta."
      ],
      "id": "en-beta_fish-en-noun-A~OY8a~s",
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Lucy Loo, This Isn't a Prompt",
          "text": "And beta fish can't be beta fish if they are fighting to be alpha fish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Bria Quinlan, The Last Single Girl",
          "text": "Well, there's Winston. But he's just a beta fish, so he's stuck in the house all day either way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is in a secondary position in a social hierarchy; a submissive person; a follower."
      ],
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          "secondary",
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        ],
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          "social",
          "social"
        ],
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          "hierarchy",
          "hierarchy"
        ],
        [
          "submissive",
          "submissive"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beta fish"
}

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    "English nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beta fish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beta fishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "beta fish",
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      "expansion": "beta fish (plural beta fish or beta fishes)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Duane Schwartz, Cobb's Landing",
          "text": "His chest puffed out like one of those Japanese beta fishes when it had caught a glimpse of itself in a mirror.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Douglas Hatten, Destiny of the Tribe of Ephraim and the Restoration of the House of Israel, page 225",
          "text": "Beta fish cannot be put together in the same bowl—because they will fight each other to the death.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand, Mary Goodbody, Tru: A Cookbook from the Legendary Chicago Restaurant",
          "text": "We keep twenty beta fish at the restaurant.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Betta."
      ],
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        [
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    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Lucy Loo, This Isn't a Prompt",
          "text": "And beta fish can't be beta fish if they are fighting to be alpha fish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Bria Quinlan, The Last Single Girl",
          "text": "Well, there's Winston. But he's just a beta fish, so he's stuck in the house all day either way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is in a secondary position in a social hierarchy; a submissive person; a follower."
      ],
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        ],
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          "social",
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        ],
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        ],
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          "submissive",
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        ],
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          "follower",
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        ]
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}