anableps

\\ˈanəˌbleps\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anableps-, stem of anablepein to look up, from ana- + blepein to look

: a genus of tropical American saltwater and freshwater fishes comprising the four-eyed fishes, being closely related to the topminnows but constituting a separate family, and having the eyes divided into an upper and lower division by the growth of two processes of the iris across the pupil and a band of conjunctiva across the cornea, the upper part serving to see objects in the air, the lower part to see objects under water

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/an"euh bleps'/, n.

See four-eyed fish.

[1777; < NL, the genus name, coinage based on Gk anablépein to look up, equiv. to ana- ANA- + blépein to see]

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anableps /anˈə-bleps/

noun

A fish of the genus Anableps of bony fishes with open air-bladders and projecting eyes divided in two for vision in air and water

ORIGIN: Gr ana up, and blepein to look