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Definition of Panchax
1. Noun. Any of various tropical fish of ''Aplocheilus'' and occasionally other genera, such as the ''striped panchax'', ''blue panchax'', and ''banded panchax''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panchax
1. a tropical fish [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panchax
Literary usage of Panchax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"It may be the panchax m'clel/andi, Bleeker ; but as that species is only known
from a drawing, it i< impossible to decide the question. ..."
2. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"Esox panchax. Plate III. Fig. 69. An Esox with the fin of the tail entire; with
the jaws equal in length, and short; with six rays in the back fin; ..."
3. Tank Angling in India by Henry Sullivan Thomas (1887)
"... panchax extrudes one egg at a time, and that disproportionately large, as big
as its own eye. This keeps hanging to the vent as the fish is moving and ..."
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