anabas

[ an-uh-bas ]

noun

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

anabas

/ ˈænəˌbæs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of anabas¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of anabas¹

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

Example Sentences

The most celebrated example of this faculty, however, is the climbing perch (Anabas scandens) of India.

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These labyrinthal water-chambers are particularly numerous and complicated in the Anabas just mentioned.

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Like Anabas, the climbing perch, it possesses a suprabranchial accessory respiratory organ.

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Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful Anabas—the perch that climbs trees!

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The fish which the moodliar sent to me proved to be an Anabas, and closely resembles the Perca scandens of Daldorf.

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