Ex'o-cē'tus or Ex'o-cœ'tus, n.

n. [Gr. ἐξώκοιτος, sleeping out, ὁ ἐξώκοιτος, a fish which comes upon the beach to sleep, from ἔξω, outside of, out, and κοίτη, bed.] (Ichth.) A genus of fishes having very long and large pectoral fins, by means of which they are able to fly a considerable distance in the air; the flying fish. [See Illustr. of Flying-fish.]