flying gurnard

noun

Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.

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flying robinbutterflyfish
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Meanings

nounflying gurnard (plural flying gurnards)

plural flying gurnards

  1. Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins

Similar
flying robinbutterflyfish
Broader
scorpaenoidscorpaenoid fish
Also see
butterflyfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan verat volador, xoriguer
  • verat voladorfish of Dactylopteridae
  • xoriguerfish of Dactylopteridae
German Flughahn
  • Flughahnfish of Dactylopteridae
Italian pesce civetta
  • pesce civettafish of Dactylopteridae
Polish strwolotka
  • strwolotkafish of Dactylopteridae
Russian средиземномо́рский долгопёр
  • средиземномо́рский долгопёр (sredizemnomórskij dolgopjór)fish of Dactylopteridae
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