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FLYING FISH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flying fish" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flying fish"):
monoplane flying fish; two-wing flying fish (having only pectoral fins enlarged)
biplane flying fish; four-wing flying fish (having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged)
Holonyms ("flying fish" is a member of...):
Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae (flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks)
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