FLYING FISH

Meaning of FLYING FISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1511

: 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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FLYING FISH — noun Date: circa 1511 any of numerous bony fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that are capable …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLYING FISH — Any of about 40 species of oceanic fishes (family Exocoetidae). They are found worldwide in warm waters and are noted …
Английский словарь Британика
FLYING FISH — noun 1. : any of numerous fishes chiefly of tropical and warm seas that have long pectoral fins suggesting wings, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLYING FISH — () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its …
Английский словарь Webster
FLYING FISH — 1. any fish of the family Exocoetidae, having stiff and greatly enlarged pectoral fins enabling it to glide considerable distances …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLYING FISH — n. type of fish found in warm or tropical seas that leaps from the water to the air
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLYING FISH — a fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large …
Webster English vocab
FLYING FISH — Function: noun Date: circa 1511 : any of numerous bony fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLYING FISH — ■ noun a fish of warm seas which leaps out of the water and uses its wing-like pectoral fins to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLYING FISH — [flying fish] n (ca. 1511): any of numerous fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that are capable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLYING FISH — Flying fish (Cypselurus). any of about 40 species of oceanic fishes of the family Exocoetidae (order Atheriniformes), found worldwide in …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLYING FISH — noun a tropical sea fish that can rise and move forwards above the surface of the water, using its fins …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLYING FISH — ˌflying ˈfish BrE AmE noun [countable] a type of sea fish that can jump out of the water and move …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLYING FISH — ( flying fish, or flying fishes) Flying fish are a type of fish that live in warm seas. They have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLYING FISH — (~, or ~es) Flying fish are a type of fish that live in warm seas. They have large fins that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLYING FISH — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide, using …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLYING FISH — Any of about 40 species of oceanic fishes (family Exocoetidae). They are found worldwide in warm waters and are noted …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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FLYING FISH — Летучая Рыба
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FLYING FISH — летучая рыба
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FLYING FISH — летучая рыба
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FLYING FISH — n. летучая рыба
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FLYING FISH — n. летучая рыба
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FLYING FISH — летучая рыба
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
FLYING — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of flien to fly — more at fly 1. : moving or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FISH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLYING — /fluy"ing/ , adj. 1. making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLYING — I. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. : moving or capable of moving in the air b. : moving …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FISH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLYING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of fly. 2. flying ·vi moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
FLYING — [fly.ing] adj (bef. 12c) 1 a: moving or capable of moving in the air b: moving or made by moving …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH
Britannica English vocabulary
FLYING — / ˈflaɪɪŋ; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective [ only before noun ] able to fly : flying insects …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLYING — I. fly ‧ ing 1 /ˈflaɪ-ɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . [only before noun] able to fly SYN winged : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FISH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLYING — adj. & n. --adj. 1 fluttering or waving in the air; hanging loose. 2 hasty, brief (a flying visit). 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLYING — adj. & n. adj. 1 fluttering or waving in the air; hanging loose. 2 hasty, brief (a flying visit). 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLYING — adj. & n. --adj. 1. fluttering or waving in the air; hanging loose. 2 hasty, brief (a flying visit). 3 …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
FLYING — 1. A flying animal has wings and is able to fly. ...species of flying insects. ADJ : ADJ n 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLYING — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flag is flying (= a flag is shown on a pole ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLYING — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] [esp. UK]A flying picket is a worker who travels to support workers who are on …
Cambridge English vocab
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FLYING — Synonyms and related words : aeronautics, agile, air service, airborne, airline, ascending, astronautics, aviation, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, ballooning, blind …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLYING — See: WITH FLYING COLORS.
Slang English vocab
FLYING — I. noun Flying is used before these nouns: ↑ display , ↑ goggles , ↑ instructor , ↑ jacket , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLYING — • ↑ send sb/sth flying
Longman Activator English vocab
FLYING — n. 25B6; adjective a flying beetle : WINGED; AIRBORNE, in the air, in flight. a flying visit : BRIEF, short, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLYING — 1. сущ. полет, перелет; летание; пилотирование blind flying ≈ слепой полет, полет по приборам instrument flying ≈ слепой полет, полет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLYING — 1. ʹflaııŋ n 1. полёт, полёты high altitude flying - высотные полёты 2. ав. 1> пилотирование flying technique - техника …
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