Exocoetus
See also: Exocœtus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Latin exōcoetus (“a fish that sleeps on the shore”), from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos), from ἔξω (éxō, “outside”) + κοίτη (koítē, “bed, resting place”)
Proper noun edit
Exocoetus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Exocoetidae – a genus of flying fish.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Beloniformes - order; Belonoidei - suborder; Exocoetidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Exocoetus volitans (blue flyingfish) - type species
References edit
- Exocoetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Exocoetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Exocoetus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons