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flyingfish

flyingfish is the alternative form 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.

Forms of flyingfish

pluralflyingfish
pluralflyingfishes

Phrases with flyingfish

Questions about flyingfish

What is flyingfish the alternative form of?
Flyingfish is the alternative form of flying fish.

Words near flyingfish in the dictionary

  1. flying white
  2. flying wing
  3. flying wings
  4. flying with leaden wings
  5. flying without a licence
  6. flyingfish
  7. flyingfishes
  8. flyingly
  9. flyings
  10. flyleaf
  11. flyleafs

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