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  Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
     Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
     rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
        motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
        in continual alarm. --Farrow. 
  
     Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
        evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
        spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
        position.
  
     Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
        Camp.
  
     Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
        thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
        ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
        masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
        pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
        word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
        supporting arch.
  
     Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
  
     To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
        succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
  
     Flying doe (Zo["o]l.), a young female kangaroo.
  
     Flying dragon.
     (a) (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, 6.
     (b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
  
     Flying Dutchman.
     (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
         the seas till the day of judgment.
     (b) A spectral ship.
  
     Flying fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying fish, in the
        Vocabulary.
  
     Flying fox (Zo["o]l.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
        
  
     Flying frog (Zo["o]l.), either of two East Indian tree
        frogs of the genus Rhacophorus ({Rhacophorus
        nigrapalmatus and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very
        large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes,
        and enable it to make very long leaps.
  
     Flying gurnard (Zo["o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
        genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
        pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
        fish, but not for so great a distance.
  
     Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
           Cephalacanthus volitans.
  
     Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
        jib, on the flying-jib boom.
  
     Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
  
     Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
        weather.
  
     Flying lemur. (Zo["o]l.) See Colugo.
  
     Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
        the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
  
     Flying lizard. (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, n. 6.
  
     Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
        air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- Flying
     mouse (Zo["o]l.), the opossum mouse ({Acrobates
        pygm[ae]us), a marsupial of Australia. Called also
        feathertail glider.
  
     Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
           squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
        (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
        enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zo["o]l.), one of several
        species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
        Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
        folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
        squirrel ({Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
        ariel), are the best known; -- called also squirrel
        petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
     Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
        the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
        of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
        means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
        earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
        as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zo["o]l.) See
        Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zo["o]l.), an
        oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes Bartramii syn.
        Sthenoteuthis Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf Stream,
        which is able to leap out of the water with such force
        that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying
     squirrel (Zo["o]l.) See Flying squirrel, in the
        Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race
        in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
        way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
        staff and used for signaling at night.
        [1913 Webster]

  Flying fish \Fly"ing fish`\ (Zo["o]l.)
     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
     Exoc[oe]tus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the
     oceans.
     [1913 Webster]

  
  
     Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
        motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
        in continual alarm. --Farrow. 
  
     Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
        evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
        spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
        position.
  
     Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
        Camp.
  
     Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
        thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
        ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
        masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
        pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
        word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
        supporting arch.
  
     Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
  
     To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
        succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
  
     Flying doe (Zo["o]l.), a young female kangaroo.
  
     Flying dragon.
     (a) (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, 6.
     (b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
  
     Flying Dutchman.
     (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
         the seas till the day of judgment.
     (b) A spectral ship.
  
     Flying fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying fish, in the
        Vocabulary.
  
     Flying fox (Zo["o]l.), the colugo.
  
     Flying frog (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian tree frog of the
        genus Rhacophorus, having very large and broadly webbed
        feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make
        very long leaps.
  
     Flying gurnard (Zo["o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
        genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
        pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
        fish, but not for so great a distance.
  
     Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
           Cephalacanthus volitans.
  
     Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
        jib, on the flying-jib boom.
  
     Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
  
     Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
        weather.
  
     Flying lemur. (Zo["o]l.) See Colugo.
  
     Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
        the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
  
     Flying lizard. (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, n. 6.
  
     Flying machine, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form
        of balloon. -- Flying mouse (Zo["o]l.), the opossum
        mouse ({Acrobates pygm[ae]us), of Australia.
  
     Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
           squirrels. -- Flying party (Mil.), a body of soldiers
        detailed to hover about an enemy. -- Flying phalanger
        (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small marsuupials of
        the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New
        Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying
        squirrels. The sugar squirrel ({B. sciureus), and the
        ariel ({B. ariel), are the best known; -- called also
        squirrel petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar
        squirrel. -- Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. --
     Flying sap (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when
        the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of
        simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in
        juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- Flying shot, a
        shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. --
     Flying spider. (Zo["o]l.) See Ballooning spider. --
     Flying squid (Zo["o]l.), an oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes,
        or Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf
        Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such
        force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. --
     Flying squirrel (Zo["o]l.) See Flying squirrel, in the
        Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race
        in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
        way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
        staff and used for signaling at night.

  Flying fish \Fly"ing fish`\ (Zo["o]l.)
     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
     Exoc[oe]tus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the
     oceans.

  flying fish
       n : tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used
           for brief gliding flight

  Flying Fish
     Αγγλικά n.
     Ιχθύς Ιπτάμενος ''(αστρον.)''

  flying fish
     n.
     1 (&lit en flying fish)
     2 A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged
  winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short
  gliding flights through the air.

  flying fish
     n.
     1 (&lit en flying fish)
     2 A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged
  winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short
  gliding flights through the air.

  flying fish
     n.
     1 (&lit en flying fish)
     2 A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged
  winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short
  gliding flights through the air.

  flying fish
     n.
     1 (&lit en flying fish)
     2 A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged
  winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short
  gliding flights through the air.

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/ 
   [bio] létající ryba

  Flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/
  Atlantischer Flugfisch, Meerschwalbe  [zool.]
   see: Flying fishes
  

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/
  Fliegender Fisch [zool.]

  Flying Fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/
  Fliegender Fisch [astron.]
           Note: Sternbild
     Synonym: Volans
  

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/ 
  liitokala, lentokala
  tropical marine fish

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/ 
  1. उड़नेवाली~मछली{एक तरह की मछली जो पानी की सतह के ऊपर उड़ सकती है

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/
  repülôhal

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/ 
  トビウオ, 飛び魚
  tropical marine fish

  flying fish /flˈaɪɪŋ fˈɪʃ/ 
  flygfisk
  tropical marine fish