flying fish

fly·ing fish
/ˌflaɪ̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ//ˌflaɪ̯.(ʔ)əŋ ˈfɪʃ/Canada, US, UK, Scotland, also/ˌflʌɪ̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/Australia/ˌflɑe̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/

noun

A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.

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Meanings

nounflying fish (plural flying fishes or flying fish)

plural flying fishes

  1. biologyA tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flying, fish.

Translations

Bulgarian летяща риба
  • летяща риба (letjašta riba)a tropical marine fish
Catalan peix volador
  • peix voladora tropical marine fish
Chinese Mandarin 飛魚 /飞鱼
  • 飛魚 /飞鱼 (fēiyú)a tropical marine fish
Danish flyvefisk
  • flyvefiska tropical marine fish
Dutch vliegende vis
  • vliegende visa tropical marine fish
Esperanto flugfiŝo, flugofiŝo
  • flugfiŝoa tropical marine fish
  • flugofiŝoa tropical marine fish
Finnish liitokala, lentokala
  • liitokalaa tropical marine fish
  • lentokalaa tropical marine fish
French poisson volant, exocet
  • poisson volanta tropical marine fish
  • exoceta tropical marine fish
German fliegender Fisch
  • fliegender Fischa tropical marine fish
Italian pesce volante
  • pesce volantea tropical marine fish
Japanese トビウオ, 飛び魚
  • トビウオ (tobiuo)a tropical marine fish
  • 飛び魚 (tobiuo)a tropical marine fish
Korean 날치
  • 날치 (nalchi)a tropical marine fish
Māori maroro
  • maroroa tropical marine fish
Norwegian Bokmål flygefisk, (pre-1981) flyvefisk
  • flygefiska tropical marine fish
  • (pre-1981) flyvefiska tropical marine fish
Polish ryba latająca
  • ryba latającaa tropical marine fish
Portuguese peixe-voador
  • peixe-voadora tropical marine fish
Russian лету́чая ры́ба
  • лету́чая ры́ба (letúčaja rýba)a tropical marine fish
Spanish pez volador, pez volante
  • pez voladora tropical marine fish
  • pez volantea tropical marine fish
  • juriolaa tropical marine fish
Swedish flygfisk
  • flygfiska tropical marine fish
Tagalog iliw, isdanlawin
  • iliwa tropical marine fish
  • isdanlawina tropical marine fish
Thai ปลาบิน
  • ปลาบินa tropical marine fish
Turkish uçan balık
  • uçan balıka tropical marine fish
Vietnamese cá chuồn
  • cá chuồna tropical marine fish
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