Definition of Flying gurnard

1. Noun. Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.

Exact synonyms: Butterflyfish, Flying Robin
Generic synonyms: Scorpaenoid, Scorpaenoid Fish
Group relationships: Dactylopteridae, Family Dactylopteridae

Definition of Flying gurnard

1. Noun. Any tropical marine fish of the family of ''Dactylopteridae'' having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Gurnard

flying circus
flying circuses
flying coffin
flying coffins
flying colors
flying colours
flying column
flying dragon
flying drainpipe
flying field
flying fish
flying fox
flying foxes
flying frog
flying gecko
flying gurnard
flying gurnards
flying horse
flying jib
flying jib boom
flying jib booms
flying jibs
flying kiss
flying kisses
flying lemur
flying lemurs
flying lizard
flying machine
flying mare
flying marmot

Literary usage of Flying gurnard

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

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... teeth on the palatine, belong to the genus Prionotus. Northward these fishes, known as sea-robins, live along the shores in Fio. 579 —flying gurnard ..."

2. Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating by Frank Evers Beddard (1892)
"flying gurnard. more vital parts. So, in the case of the grayling, a young and inexperienced pike may make a futile attack upon the conspicuous waving fins, ..."

3. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1882)
"The pectoral fin is a most beautiful object, measuring, expanded, in some individuals of the flying gurnard, six inches long by six broad. ..."

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