HyperDic: climbing_perch

English > 1 sense of the expression climbing perch:
NOUNanimalclimbing perch, Anabas testudineus, A. testudineusa small perch / perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air
English > climbing perch: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA small perch / perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land.
SynonymsAnabas testudineus, A. testudineus
Member ofAnabas, genus AnabasThe type genus of the family Anabantidae
BroaderfishAny of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

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