flying fish
noun
: 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
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Frustrated by delays in federal and state deterrence projects, and annoyed by their own encounters with the flying fish, residents of a small town in west Illinois saw both a challenge and an opportunity in the large numbers of silver carp that infested their stretch of the Illinois River.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
For quicker, cheaper fare, food trucks draw crowds at Worthing Square, where Ackee Tree serves a hearty bowl of flying fish and cou cou, the national dish, (25 dollars), and Bacco makes a fine vegetarian pizza (30 dollars).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
What looked like a school of flying fish turned out to be penguins, leaping from the water in successive waves.
—Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Landscape intervention using green fabric and boat of a person with his arms wide opened as a flying fish to the horizon.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
For quicker, cheaper fare, food trucks draw crowds at Worthing Square, where Ackee Tree serves a hearty bowl of flying fish and cou cou, the national dish, (25 dollars), and Bacco makes a fine vegetarian pizza (30 dollars).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
What looked like a school of flying fish turned out to be penguins, leaping from the water in successive waves.
—Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Landscape intervention using green fabric and boat of a person with his arms wide opened as a flying fish to the horizon.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Flying fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20fish. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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