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–noun

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

Compare climbing perch.

[Origin: 1835–45; < NL < Gk, aorist participle of anabaínein to go up. See anabaena

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n. A freshwater fish of the family Anabantidae, native to Africa and southeast Asia and including the gourami and climbing perch.

[Greek anabās, aorist participle of anabainein, to go up, climb; see anabaena.]

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anabas
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the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch

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An"a*bas\, n. [Gr. ?, p. p. of ? to advance.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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