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Exocoetidae

noun

flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

• Syn: ↑family Exocoetidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Synentognathi, ↑order Synentognathi

• Member Meronyms: ↑flying fish

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsēd.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Exocoetus, type genus (from Latin, fish that sleeps on the shore, from Greek exōkoitos, from exō outside + koitos resting place, bed, from keist to lie) + -idae — more at exo-, cemetery

: a family (order Synentognathi) of marine fishes that are closely related to the half-beaks and include all the true flying fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.