flying fish
Noun
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Noun
flying fish
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flying, fish
- 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.
- French: poisson volant, exocet
- German: fliegender Fisch
- Italian: pesce volante
- Portuguese: peixe-voador
- Russian: лету́чая ры́ба
- Spanish: pez volador
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