flyingfish

flyingfish
flyingfish [flī′iŋ fish′]
n.
pl. flyingfish (see FISH) flyingfishes
any of a family (Exocoetidae, order Atheriniformes) of chiefly warm-water, marine bony fishes with winglike pectoral fins that enable them to glide through the air: also written flying fish

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flying fish n.
Any of various marine fishes of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged, winglike pectoral fins capable of sustaining them in brief, gliding flight over the water.

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