climbing perch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

climbing perch
    n 1: a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it
         to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to
         travel on land [syn: {climbing perch}, {Anabas
         testudineus}, {A. testudineus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Climbing \Climb"ing\,
   p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}.

   {Climbing perch}. (Zool.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}.
      [1913 Webster]

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