Ăn'a-bas, n.

n. [Gr. ἀν-αβας, p. p. from ἀνα-βαίνειν, to advance.] (Ichth.) A genus of acanthopterygious, bony fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances; — so called by Cuvier. Baird.