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noun
Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flying robin, butterflyfish
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Broader terms: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
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