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ANABAS TESTUDINEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anabas testudineus mean?
• ANABAS TESTUDINEUS (noun)
The noun ANABAS TESTUDINEUS has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: ANABAS TESTUDINEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
A. testudineus; Anabas testudineus; climbing perch
Hypernyms ("Anabas testudineus" is a kind of...):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Holonyms ("Anabas testudineus" is a member of...):
Anabas; genus Anabas (the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch)
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