Anableps
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historical examples
its name is anableps, but in all probability it does not wish the fact to be generally known.
falling in love grant allen
any other fish or mammal would have been just as likely as anableps to begin the development of a bifocal eye.
parallel paths thomas william rolleston
in two genera of fishes, anableps, dialommus, the cornea is divided by a horizontal part-tion into two parts.
a guide to the study of fishes, volume 1 (of 2) david starr jordan
noun (pl) -bleps
any of various cyprinodont fishes const-tuting the genus anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
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