anableps

[ an-uh-bleps ]

noun

1. four-eyed fish.

anableps

/ ˈænəˌblɛps /

noun

1. any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes

Word History and Origins

Origin of anableps¹

1777; < New Latin, the genus name, coinage based on Greek anablépein to look up, equivalent to ana- ana- + blépein to see

Word History and Origins

Origin of anableps¹

New Latin, literally: one who looks up, from Greek, from anablepein to look up

Example Sentences

Any other fish or mammal would have been just as likely as Anableps to begin the development of a bifocal eye.

From Project Gutenberg

Its name is Anableps, but in all probability it does not wish the fact to be generally known.

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In two genera of fishes, Anableps, Dialommus, the cornea is divided by a horizontal partition into two parts.

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