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- Latin · derived frompiscis volāns“flying fish”
- English todayVolans
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (“flying fish”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.