Definition of Exocoetidae

1. Noun. Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks.

Exact synonyms: Family Exocoetidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Synentognathi, Synentognathi
Member holonyms: Flying Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exocoetidae

Excalibur
Excel
Excellence
Excellencies
Excellency
Exchequer
Exd.
Executive Office of the President
Exeter
Exhibit A
Exmoor
Exmoorian
Exmoorians
Exner's plexus
Exocet
Exocoetidae (current term)
Exocycloida
Exocœtus
Exod.
Exodus
Exoduster
Exodusters
Exophiala jeanselmei
Exophiala werneckii
Exopterygota
Exotic Shorthair
Exotic Shorthairs
Expressed Sequence Tag
Extensible Markup Language
Exton

Literary usage of Exocoetidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"A few fossil species are referred to Belom, Belone flava from the lower Eocene being the earliest. The Flying-fishes: Exocoetidae. ..."

2. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1904)
"... damaged specimen, apparently of this species, is in the collection of the MCZ No. 8774, taken by Captain Hamilton at Bermuda about 1870. Exocoetidae. ..."

3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Exocoetidae FLYING FISH Elongate, fusiform shape with enlarged pectoral fins which allow the fish to glide above the surface of the water to escape ..."

4. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann, Otto Taschenburg, Ernst Wolfgang Taschenberg (1894)
"[Exocoetidae.] (Con 1 Fig.) in: Annuar. d. Mus. Zool. Napoli. Anno 1. 1862. p. 54—57. Bleeker, P., Sur les espèces d'Exocet de l'Inde ..."

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