Search Result for "climbing perch":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]



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]


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]