FLYING FISH

Meaning of FLYING FISH in English

noun

a tropical sea fish that can rise and move forwards above the surface of the water, using its fins (= flat parts that stick out from its body) as 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
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FLYING FISH — Date: circa 1511 : any of numerous bony fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that are capable …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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 — 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
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 — 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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