flying fish
any fish of the family Exocoetidae, having stiff and greatly enlarged pectoral fins enabling it to glide considerable distances through the air after leaping from the water.
Flying Fish, Astronomy. the constellation Volans.
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How to use flying fish in a sentence
The graceful flying-fish, like a fair white bird, goes glancing above the blue magnificence of the tropical seas.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordOn the 6th of August we beheld, for the first time, flying fish, but at such a distance that we could scarcely distinguish them.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer"Look out you don't get struck by a flying-fish," his father called to him, bending low in his seat.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-WheelerOne day they caught half a dozen flying fish, which they ate raw.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyThe Sirens resemble mermaids, having the faces of women, but bodies of flying fish.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
British Dictionary definitions for flying fish
any marine teleost fish of the family Exocoetidae, common in warm and tropical seas, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins used for gliding above the surface of the water
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