单词 | flying fish |
释义 | flying fishn. a. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish) flying fish?c1510 rearmouse1598 sea-swallow1598 sea-kite1601 swallow-fish1601 sea-bat1611 swallow1668 sea-hawka1717 wing-fish1855 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards) flying fish?c1510 sea-swallow1598 sea-kite1601 swallow-fish1601 sea-bat1611 swallow1668 sea-hawka1717 batfish1848 wing-fish1855 flying gurnard1882 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiijv There by be many walefysshes and flyinge fysshes. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 182 On the eleuenth day..two flying fishes fals in his boat. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 127 As the flying-fish leap From the Indian deep. b. A constellation of the Southern Hemisphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Volans Piscis Volans1675 flying fish1868 Volans1890 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 335. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1510 |
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