anabas (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Anabas*:
NOUN	animal	Anabas, genus Anabas	the type genus of the family Anabantidae

English > *Anabas*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	The type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch / perch / perch.
Synonym	genus Anabas
Member of	Anabantidae, family Anabantidae	small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia
Members	climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, A. testudineus	A small perch / perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air
Broader	fish genus	Any of various genus of fish

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