A name given to two kinds of fish (Dactylopterus and Exocœtus), which are able to rise into the air by means of enlarged wing-like pectoral fins.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards) (10) flying fish?c1510 A name given to two kinds of fish (Dactylopterus and Exocœtus), which are able to rise into the air by means of enlarged wing-like pectoral fins. sea-swallow1598 = flying fish, n. sea-kite1601 a kind of flying-fish. swallow-fish1601 †(a) the flying-fish (= sea-swallow, n. 1); (b) the sapphirine gurnard, Trigla hirundo (Cent. Dict.). sea-bat1611 A flying-fish, esp. the flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans. swallow1668 = sea-swallow, n. 1. sea-hawka1717 Some kind of fish. A flying fish. Obsolete. rare. batfish1848 Chiefly Caribbean (Barbados) and U.S. A flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans (family Dactylopteridae), of warm temperate Atlantic and… wing-fish1855 (a) = Pterichthys, n.; (b) a flying-fish, esp. of the genus Prionotus. flying gurnard1882 Applied, with qualifications, to certain allied genera. See also yellow gurnard n. at yellow, adj. n.c… flying gurnard, a flying fish of the family C… |
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