climbingfish
[ klahy-ming-fish ]
/ ˈklaɪ mɪŋˌfɪʃ /
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noun, plural climb·ing·fish·es, (especially collectively) climb·ing·fish.
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How to use climbingfish in a sentence
There are tree-climbing fish, and pygmy men, mountains higher and rivers greater than any yet discovered.
"Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh KnyvettAfter a while, Luke said he thought it must be one of the climbing fish described by Agassiz, and that it had gone up a tree.
British Dictionary definitions for climbingfish
climbing fish
climbing perch
noun
an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
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