Exocoetus

See also: Exocœtus

Translingual

A common atlantic flying fish (Exocoetus volitans)

Wikispecies

Etymology

Latin exōcoetus (“a fish that sleeps on the shore”), from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos), from ἔξω (éxō, “outside”) + κοῖτος (koîtos, “bed, resting place”)

Proper noun

Exocoetus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Exocoetidae – a genus of flying fish.
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