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[Altered from Gr. ἀνάκαμψις ( anakampsis ) = a turning round or back; return.] A genus of fishes of the family Labridæ (Wra es). They are from the Indian Ocean. Cuvier, ., spell this word anampses . an-ā-nạ, ạn-ā-nạs, an-ā-năs-sa, s. [In Dan., Ger., Fr., Sp., & Ital. ananas; Port. ananas or ananaz . From nanas , the Guiana name.] L Ord. Lang. (Of the forms anana, ananas, and an an a a.) The pine-apple. 1. The pine-apple. "Witne , thou best andna , thou, the pride Of vegetable life, beyond whate'er The poets imag'd in the golden age." Thomson : Seasons ; Summer. 2. A fruit of the same family the Bromelia Pinguin, called in the West Indies Penguin ; but, of course, not to be confounded with the well-known bird of the same name. IL Technically. (Of the form an an a a only.) Botany: A genus of Bromeliaceae (Bromelworts), to which the pine-apple, A. sativa , belongs. [PINE-APPLE.] ăn-ăn-chy-těş, s . [From Gr. a, priv.; ἄγχω (angcho) = to pre tight, to strangle. "Not pre ed." ( Owen .).] A genus of Echinoderms occurring in Cretaceous strata.