BETTER-KNOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does better-known mean? 

• BETTER-KNOWN (adjective)
  The adjective BETTER-KNOWN has 1 sense:

1. more familiar or renowned than the other of two

  Familiarity information: BETTER-KNOWN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETTER-KNOWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

More familiar or renowned than the other of two

Context example:

the better-known book of the two

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

 Context examples 

Unlike its better-known relatives, the Great white shark and other predatory sharks, the whale shark is a filter feeder, meaning that it draws water into its mouth and extracts small organisms from the liquid.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)