any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from Greek anabainein to go up; see anabaena
anabas in American English
(ˈænəˌbæs)
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
Word origin
ModL < Gr < anabainein (see Anabasis): so named from its habit of climbing