anabas

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: an=a=bas

CIDE DICTIONARY

anabas, n. [Gr. , p. p. of to advance.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anabas, n. any of the freshwater fish of the climbing perch family native to Asia and Africa, esp. the genus Anabas, able to breathe air and move on land.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk past part. of anabaino walk up