anabas

anabas \an"a*bas\ ([a^]n"[.a]*b[a^]s), n. [Gr. 'anaba`s, p. p. of bai`nein to advance.] (Zool.) 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]