[Sửa]Flying boat a seaplane with a boatlike fuselage. flying bomb apilotless aircraft with an explosive warhead. flying buttress abuttress slanting from a separate column, usu. forming an archwith the wall it supports. flying doctor a doctor (esp. in alarge sparsely populated area) who visits distant patients byaircraft. flying fish any tropical fish of the familyExocoetidae, with winglike pectoral fins for gliding through theair. flying fox any of various fruit-eating bats esp. of thegenus Pteropus, with a fox-like head. flying lemur either oftwo mammals of the genus Cyanocephalus of S. Asia, with alemur-like appearance and having a membrane between the fore andhind limbs for gliding from tree to tree. flying lizard anylizard of the genus Draco, having membranes on elongated ribsfor gliding. flying officer the RAF rank next below flightlieutenant. flying phalanger any of various phalangers having amembrane between the fore and hind limbs for gliding. flyingpicket an industrial picket that can be moved rapidly from onesite to another, esp. to reinforce local pickets. flying saucerany unidentified, esp. circular, flying object, popularlysupposed to have come from space. flying squad a policedetachment or other body organized for rapid movement. flyingsquirrel any of various squirrels, esp. of the genus Pteromys,with skin joining the fore and hind limbs for gliding from treeto tree. flying start 1 a start (of a race etc.) in which thestarting-point is passed at full speed.
[Sửa]A vigorous startgiving an initial advantage. flying wing an aircraft withlittle or no fuselage and no tailplane. with flying colourswith distinction.