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Exocœtus

Exocœtus

See also: Exocoetus

Translingual

Proper noun

Exocœtus m

  1. Alternative form of Exocoetus
    • 1752 CE, Pehr Osbeck, Osbeck’s Voyage, in A Voyage to China and the East Indies, Benjamin White, volume II, page #106:
      FLYING‐FISH (Exocœtus volitans), which were three or four inches long, and ſomewhat different from the Exocœtus of Artedi, were caught here.