anableps
[ an-uh-bleps ]
noun
Origin of anableps
11777; <New Latin, the genus name, coinage based on Greek anablépein to look up, equivalent to ana-ana- + blépein to see
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How to use anableps in a sentence
Any other fish or mammal would have been just as likely as anableps to begin the development of a bifocal eye.
Parallel Paths | Thomas William RollestonIts name is anableps, but in all probability it does not wish the fact to be generally known.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenIn two genera of fishes, anableps, Dialommus, the cornea is divided by a horizontal partition into two parts.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan
British Dictionary definitions for anableps
anableps
/ (ˈænəˌblɛps) /
nounplural -bleps
any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
Origin of anableps
1New Latin, literally: one who looks up, from Greek, from anablepein to look up
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