HyperDic: flying_gurnard

English > 1 sense of the expression flying gurnard:
NOUNanimalflying gurnard, flying robin, butterflyfishtropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding
English > flying gurnard: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningTropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
Synonymsflying robin, butterflyfish
Member ofDactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridaeflying gurnards
Broaderscorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fishfishes having the head armored with bony plates
Catalanquetodòntid

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