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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 perchplay

  Familiarity information: ANABAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANABAS (noun)


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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