Flying gurnard Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a species of gurnard of the genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance. Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is Cephalacanthus volitans.

Webster 1913