flyfish—
1. (used as a verb) angle with a hook baited with (artificial) flies:
- There are many videos and classes around to teach you how to flyfish in very little time.
2. (used as a noun) a California fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors:
- We went on fishing and I was the one with the best fish luck, I caught a flyfish on the hook.
flying fish—fishes, chiefly of tropical seas, capable of leaving the water and moving some distance through the air:
- Every now and then a flying fish would spark out from the unruffled bosom of the heaving water.