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Definition of Flying robin
1. Noun. Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
Generic synonyms: Scorpaenoid, Scorpaenoid Fish
Group relationships: Dactylopteridae, Family Dactylopteridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Robin
Literary usage of Flying robin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"FLYING GECK'O. A small li/ard. having a parachute, enabling it to sail through
the air. see GECKO, and compare with DRAGON. FLYING GUB'NABD. or flying robin ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The few species of flying gurnard are much alike, ranging widely in the tropical
seas, and having a slight power of flight. The flying robin, or batfish, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1914)
"FLYING-FISH ; FLYING-ROBIN. Although this flying gurnard seems to have been
abundant at Beaufort in the '70s and 'SO?, of late year» it lias been extremely ..."
4. Labrador, the Country and the People by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1909)
"The strong flying robin abounds in various parts of Labrador, pushing its way
even to the very edge of the Arctic Zone. It is a strange experience to hear ..."
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