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ana·bas (an′ə bas′)

noun

any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies (family Anabantidae), of Africa and SE Asia, that can live for a long time out of water, as the climbing perch

Etymology: ModL < Gr < anabainein (see Anabasis): so named from its habit of climbing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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