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climbingfish

[ klahy-ming-fish ]
/ 藞kla瑟 m瑟艐藢f瑟蕛 /
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noun, plural climb路ing路fish路es, (especially collectively) climb路ing路fish.
climbing perch.
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Origin of climbingfish

climbing + fish

Words nearby climbingfish

climb, climb-down, climber, climb indicator, climbing fern, climbingfish, climbing frame, climbing hydrangea, climbing iron, climbing irons, climbing perch
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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