noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Javanese waděr, a freshwater fish Date: 1927 any of a genus ( Betta of the family Anabantidae) of small brilliantly colored long-finned freshwater bony fishes of southeastern Asia
BETTA
Meaning of BETTA in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012