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Definition of: anabas
(an′ə·bas) noun
Any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater fishes of Africa and Asia adapted to using oxygen both in water and in the atmosphere, as the climbing perch, which (Anabas scandens), called the climbing fish, can travel on land and climb trees by means of its spinous gill covers. [<NL <Gk. anabas <anabainein. See ANABASIS.]
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