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flying fish

Syllables: fly·ing fish/ˌflaɪ̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ//ˌflaɪ̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/

flying fish noun: 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.

flying fish: a tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling...
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Noun

flying fish (plural flying fishes or flying fish)

  1. 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.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flying, fish.

flying fish meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Thai

flying fish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

flying fish in Malayalam

a tropical marine fish
മെഴുമീൻ meḻumīṉ

flying fish in Tagalog

a tropical marine fish
iliw, isdanlawin

flying fish in Thai

a tropical marine fish
ปลาบิน
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flying fish in Vietnamese
cá chuồn

Forms of flying fish

pluralflying fishes
pluralflying fish

Questions about flying fish

What does flying fish mean?
Flying fish means 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.
What is flying fish in Tamil?
Flying fish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Flying fish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flying fish?
Flying fish is a noun.
How do you pronounce flying fish?
Flying fish is pronounced /ˌflaɪ̯.(ʔ)ɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/.
What is the plural of flying fish?
The plural of flying fish is flying fishes.

Words near flying fish in the dictionary

  1. Flying Dutchman
  2. Flying Dutchmen
  3. flying eaves
  4. flying fig
  5. flying figs
  6. flying fish
  7. flying fishes
  8. Flying Fortress
  9. flying fox
  10. flying foxes
  11. flying freehold

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flying fish (page history and authors); flying fish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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