anabas

[ an-uh-bas ]

noun

any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.

Origin of anabas

First recorded in 1835–45; from New Latin, from Greek, participle of anabaínein “to go up”; see origin at ana-, come

Compare climbing perch.

Words Nearby anabas

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How to use anabas in a sentence

The most celebrated example of this faculty, however, is the climbing perch (anabas scandens) of India.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry Gosse
These labyrinthal water-chambers are particularly numerous and complicated in the anabas just mentioned.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry Gosse
Like anabas, the climbing perch, it possesses a suprabranchial accessory respiratory organ.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 | Various
Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful anabas—the perch that climbs trees!
Chatterbox, 1906 | Various
The fish which the moodliar sent to me proved to be an anabas, and closely resembles the Perca scandens of Daldorf.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) | James Emerson Tennent

British Dictionary definitions for anabas

anabas

/ (ˈænəˌbæs) /

noun

any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish

Origin of anabas

C19: from New Latin, from Greek anabainein to go up; see anabaena

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