four-wing flying fish
- noun
:
pez volador de cuatro alas
- The four-wing flying fish can glide impressive distances above the ocean surface.
Examples
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Researchers observed a four-wing flying fish escaping predators by leaping out of the water.
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The four-wing flying fish glided gracefully above the waves.
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The distinctive look of the four-wing flying fish makes it easy to spot among other sea life.
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Have you ever seen a four-wing flying fish in action?
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Researchers observed a four-wing flying fish escaping predators by leaping out of the water.
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The four-wing flying fish can glide impressive distances above the ocean surface.
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The distinctive look of the four-wing flying fish makes it easy to spot among other sea life.
Synonyms
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A tropical sea fish with large fins that glides above water
A flying fish with large front and back fins that lets it glide far above water
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a literal, descriptive combination: 'four-wing' (having four wing-like appendages) + 'flying' (capable of gliding/flying) + 'fish' (aquatic vertebrate). The overall meaning — a fish with four wing-like fins that can glide above the water — is directly predictable from the parts and follows ordinary compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would infer it.
Etymology
The noun four-wing flying fish comes from the animal's look: it has two large front fins and two large lower fins that act like four wings, so it can leap and glide above the water. That's why the name describes a fish that 'flies' by gliding with four wing-like fins.