"flying fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flying fishes [plural], flying fish [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|flying fish}} flying fish (plural flying fishes or flying fish)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flying, fish.
    Sense id: en-flying_fish-en-noun-AYxfOPg5
  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. Categories (lifeform): Beloniform fish Translations (tropical marine fish): peix volador [masculine] (Catalan), 飛魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞鱼 (fēiyú) (Chinese Mandarin), flyvefisk [common-gender] (Danish), vliegende vis [masculine] (Dutch), flogfiskur [masculine] (Faroese), liitokala (Finnish), lentokala (Finnish), poisson volant (French), exocet (French), peixe voador [masculine] (Galician), fliegender Fisch [masculine] (German), pesce volante [masculine] (Italian), トビウオ (tobiuo) (Japanese), 飛び魚 (tobiuo) (alt: とびうお) (Japanese), vuador (Kabuverdianu), ᦔᦱᦢᦲᧃ (ṗaaḃiin) (), maroro (Maori), moangoar (Mokilese), łóóʼ naatʼaʼí (Navajo), flygefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flyvefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flygefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kok (Palauan), peixe-voador [masculine] (Portuguese), лету́чая ры́ба (letúčaja rýba) [feminine] (Russian), pez volador [masculine] (Spanish), flygfisk [common-gender] (Swedish), iliw (Tagalog), isdanlawin (Tagalog), ปลาบิน (Thai), cá chuồn (Vietnamese), flitafit (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-flying_fish-en-noun-5~3~8fT1 Disambiguation of Beloniform fish: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'tropical marine fish': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flying carp

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