FLYING GURNARD Definition & Meaning

flying gurnard

noun

any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.

flying gurnard

noun

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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Origin of flying gurnard¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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The other species of flying gurnard occur in the Indian Ocean and the seas around China and Japan.

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Another group of very interesting fish out of water are the flying gurnards, common enough in the Mediterranean and the tropical Atlantic.

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Among the fishes in the first four cases, the visitor should notice the flying gurnards; the sea scorpions, and flying sea scorpions; the paradise fish; and the perches, including the fingered variety.

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These were either flying gurnards or kitelike sea robins, whose lips glowed in the dark, at night scrawling fiery streaks in the air before plunging into the murky waters like so many shooting stars.

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