FLYING GURNARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flying gurnard mean? 

• FLYING GURNARD (noun)
  The noun FLYING GURNARD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FLYING GURNARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLYING GURNARD (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin

Hypernyms ("flying gurnard" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("flying gurnard" is a member of...):

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)