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ANABAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anabas mean?
• ANABAS (noun)
The noun ANABAS has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch
Familiarity information: ANABAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anabas; genus Anabas
Hypernyms ("Anabas" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Anabas"):
A. testudineus; Anabas testudineus; climbing perch (a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land)
Holonyms ("Anabas" is a member of...):
Anabantidae; family Anabantidae (small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia)
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