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climbing gourami

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2001, E. Yu. Krysanov, A. S. Golubtsov, Journal of Ichthyology, Volume 41, Issues 6-9, page 698, Eight species of the African climbing gourami genera Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma were karyologically studied using the air-dried method.

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History

Etymology

From climbing + gourami.