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flying fishes

flying fishes is the plural of flying fish.

Meaning of flying fish

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.

Questions about flying fishes

What is flying fishes the plural of?
Flying fishes is the plural of flying fish.

Words near flying fishes in the dictionary

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

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