“flying fish”的英文意思

单词

flying fish

释义

ˈflying ˈfish
[f. flying ppl. a. + fish.]
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.
c15111st Eng. Bk. Amer. (Arb.) Introd. 28/1 There by be many w[h]alefysshes and flyinge fysshes.1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 182 On the eleuenth day..two flying fishes fals in his boat.1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. iv. i. 86 As the flying fish leap From the Indian deep.
b. A constellation of the Southern Hemisphere.
1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 335.

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