Editing Flying fish (section)

== Etymology ==
The term ''Exocoetidae'' is both the scientific name and the general name in [[Latin]] for a flying fish. The suffix ''-idae'', common for indicating a family, follows the root of the Latin word {{lang|la|exocoetus}}, a transliteration of the [[Ancient Greek]] name {{lang|grc|ἐξώκοιτος}}. This means literally 'sleeping outside', from {{lang|grc|ἔξω}}, 'outside', and {{lang|grc|κοῖτος}}, 'bed', 'resting place', with the verb root {{lang|grc|κει-}}, 'to lie down' (not 'untruth'),<ref>{{OEtymD|exocet}}</ref> so named as flying fish were believed to leave the water to sleep ashore,<ref>[[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]'s ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'', vol. IX, chapter 34</ref> or due to flying fish flying and thus stranding themselves in boats.