Paddies pl. : of Paddy

Example:
Why do people say that bettas can live in less than 5Gal of water when thay come from HUGE rice Paddies?

Taxonomy
paddy field, paddy fields, rice, Rice Terraces, paddy, rice field, Japan, Farmers, Korea, rice plants, Myanmar, Banaue Rice Terraces, Mayoyao, Vietnamese, crop, soil, Philippines, rice paddy.

Defination from the web:
paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. ... Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice-growing countries of east, south and southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, ...