From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Climbing \Climb"ing\,
p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.
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Climbing fern. See under Fern.
Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
climbing perch
n 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 [syn: climbing perch, {Anabas
testudineus}, A. testudineus]