Exocoetus

·noun A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. ·see Flying fish.

exocoetus
exōcoetus, i, m., = ἐξώκοιτος, a fish that sleeps on the shore , Plin. 9, 19, 34, § 76. ...

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