anableps
[
an
-
uh
-bleps]
/ˈæn əˌblɛps/
noun
1.
four-eyed fish
.
Origin
1777;
<
Neo-Latin,
the genus name, coinage based on
Greek
anablépein
to look up, equivalent to
ana-
ana-
+
blépein
to see
British Dictionary definitions for
anableps
anableps
/
ˈænəˌblɛps
/
noun
(
pl
)
-bleps
1.
any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus
Anableps,
which includes the four-eyed fishes
Word Origin
New Latin, literally: one who looks up, from Greek, from
anablepein
to look up