flying fish

See also: flyingfish

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flying fish (plural flying fishes or flying fish)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flying,‎ fish.
  2. 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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