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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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 The high-quality, small batch ice cream made by Gifford’s ice cream in Maine will for now include chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, cookie dough, flying fish (gummies), Monster (with M&M’s), toasted coconut and Maine blueberry. —

Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024 The latter would be bundled into a launcher, sent above the atmosphere and released like flying fish, one after another—hundreds or thousands of them—so many that like the reptilian reproduction strategy, losing a few would not matter. —

Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016 Unmarked floating chests containing two cases were scattered in a bay full of flying fish. —

Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flying fish