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CLIMBING PERCH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does climbing perch mean?

• CLIMBING PERCH (noun)
The noun CLIMBING PERCH has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CLIMBING PERCH used as a noun is very rare.

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• CLIMBING PERCH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

A. testudineus; Anabas testudineus; climbing perch

Hypernyms ("climbing perch" is a kind of...):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Holonyms ("climbing perch" is a member of...):

Anabas; genus Anabas (the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch)

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