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flying fish

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flying fish

noun

Definition of FLYING FISH

: any of numerous bony fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that are capable of long gliding flights out of water by spreading their large pectoral fins like wings

First Known Use of FLYING FISH

circa 1511

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