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FLYING ROBIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
Synonyms:
butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flying robin" is a kind of...):
scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)
Holonyms ("flying robin" is a member of...):
Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)