A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.
A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).
A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures such as the peduncles of some barnacles