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anabas
(gcide) | 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.
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anabas
(wn) | Anabas
n 1: the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that
resemble perch [syn: Anabas, genus Anabas] |
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anabas
(gcide) | 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.
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anabasis
(gcide) | anabasis \a*nab"a*sis\ ([.a]*n[a^]b"[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr.
'ana`basis, fr. 'anabai`nein to go up; 'ana` up + bai`nein to
go.]
1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of
the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon
in his work called "The Anabasis."
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The anabasis of Napoleon. --De Quincey.
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2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease;
augmentation. [Obs.] AS
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3. (Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family
Chenopodiaceae.
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Panabase
(gcide) | Panabase \Pan"a*base\, n. [Pan- + base. So called in allusion to
the number of metals contained in it.] (Min.)
Same as Tetrahedrite.
[1913 Webster]Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the
crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of
other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some
varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called
also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
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panabase
(gcide) | Panabase \Pan"a*base\, n. [Pan- + base. So called in allusion to
the number of metals contained in it.] (Min.)
Same as Tetrahedrite.
[1913 Webster]Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the
crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of
other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some
varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called
also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
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anabas
(wn) | Anabas
n 1: the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that
resemble perch [syn: Anabas, genus Anabas] |
anabas testudineus
(wn) | Anabas testudineus
n 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 [syn: climbing perch, {Anabas
testudineus}, A. testudineus] |
genus anabas
(wn) | genus Anabas
n 1: the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that
resemble perch [syn: Anabas, genus Anabas] |
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