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- English Word Fly-catching Definition Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
- English Word Fly-fish Definition To angle, using flies for bait.
- English Word Flybane Definition A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
- English Word Flyblow Definition To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
- English Word Flyblow Definition One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
- English Word Flyblown Definition Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
- English Word Flyboat Definition A large Dutch coasting vessel.
- English Word Flyboat Definition A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
- English Word Flycatcher Definition One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.
- English Word Flyer Definition One that uses wings.
- English Word Flyer Definition The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
- English Word Flyer Definition Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
- English Word Flyer Definition One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
- English Word Flyer Definition The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
- English Word Flyer Definition The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
- English Word Flyer Definition A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
- English Word Flyfish Definition A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.
- English Word Flying Definition of Fly
- English Word Flying Definition Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
- English Word Flying fish Definition A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.