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单词 flying fish
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flying fishn.

Brit. /ˈflʌɪɪŋ fɪʃ/, /ˌflʌɪɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌflaɪɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/
Etymology: < flying adj. + fish n.1
a. A name given to two kinds of fish (Dactylopterus and Exocœtus), which are able to rise into the air by means of enlarged wing-like pectoral fins.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish)
flying fish?c1510
rearmouse1598
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
wing-fish1855
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
flying fish?c1510
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
batfish1848
wing-fish1855
flying gurnard1882
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiijv There by be many walefysshes and flyinge fysshes.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 182 On the eleuenth day..two flying fishes fals in his boat.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 127 As the flying-fish leap From the Indian deep.
b. A constellation of the Southern Hemisphere.
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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Volans
Piscis Volans1675
flying fish1868
Volans1890
1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 335.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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