Anabas

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anabas \an"a*bas\ ([a^]n"[.a]*b[a^]s), n. [Gr. 'anaba`s, p. p.
     of bai`nein to advance.] (Zool.)
     A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long
     out of water, and of making their way on land for
     considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing
     fishes.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Anabas
       n : the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that
           resemble perch [syn: {genus Anabas}]