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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Origin of climbingfish

climbing + 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 Knyvett
After 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.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10.|Various

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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