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flying gurnard

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Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Dactylopteridae, having greatly enlarged, winglike pectoral fins that facilitate gliding through the water.

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flying gurnard

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine spiny-finned gurnard-like fish of the mostly tropical family Dactylopteridae, having enlarged fan-shaped pectoral fins used to glide above the surface of the sea

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flying gurnard - tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins butterflyfish, flying robin scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates Dactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae - flying gurnards