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like a parachute sustain the creature in the air for a few moments; the dragon; a flying-lizard. flying-engine 'ftai-ir^endsin n. [also spelt flyingtengin]

1. an engin or dynamic apparatus designed for artificial flight; a flying-apparatus; a flying-machine.

2. an engm or niotory apparatus designed for use in flying-machines; an aerial engin or motor; the power-plant of a flyer.

flying-event 'ftai-in-i/vent n. one of the events, contests, or single proceedings in a flying-meet ; a flying-contest.

flying-exercise 'ftai-in/eksaz-saiz n. an exercise in flying or gliding; a flying-experiment.

flying-experiment 'f^ai-irj-il^spezi-mant n. an experi- ment in flying; a flying-exercise.

flying-feat / ftai-in,fiit. a feat or exploit in flying; a skilful or extraordinary performance in the art of flight.

flying-feather 'ftai-ir^fedaz n. [also spelt flyingtf ether] same meaning as flightf feather.

flying-fever 'ftai-ir^fii-vgz n. a fever or ardor for flying or air-sailing; an intense desire to fly.

flying-fish / ftai-in / fiS n. any fish which can sustain itself or fly thru the air (by means of large wing-like pectoral fins), especially a fish of the family Exocoetus; a volator.

flying-fox 'fsLai-irj,feks n. a large frogiverous bat whose hed resembles that of a fox; any bat of the family Ptero- pepidae; a f ex-bat; a fruit-bat; a kaleng.

flying-frog 'ftai-ir^fseg n. a batjachian of Borneo, of the genus Rhaceforus, family Ranidae, whose long webd toes enable it to take flying leaps thru the air.

flying-gecko 'ftai-ir^geko n. a kind of gecko lizard, Ptycho- zoon homalocefalum, which has large wing-like expansions of skin on the hed, tunk, tail, and lims acting as a para- chute to sustain the animal during flying leaps.

flying-ground 'ftai-in/g^aond. [commonly used in the plural] a ground, field, or course where airships or flyers are tested or flown; an aviation-ground; an aviation-field.

flying-gurnard 'ftai-ir^geznazd n. a flying-fish of the family Cefalacanthidae or Dactyloptendae ; a f lying-robin ; a bat-fish.

flying-homer 'ftai-ir^hoo-maz n. a homing-pigeon raised for flying.

flying-instructor 'ftai-in-m^tjAktaz n. an instructor in the art of flying; a teacher of manflight.

flying-lemur 'ftai-ir^hi-maz n. an insectivorous mammal of the family Galeopithecidae, resembling a lemur, provided with a parachute-like extension of the skin by which it is

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