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Meanings of flying animal in English

Animal that uses aerial locomotion.

        Usage of flying animal in English
        1
        There was once a flying animal known as the pteranodon.
        West Wind Drift
        2
        A bird with no function in the larder is merely " flying animal".
        The Tyranny Of Words
        3
        Through the air he hurtled, like some great flying animal, covering fifty feet from a standing jump.
        Lost on the Moon; Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds
        4
        After the flying animal sprang the lieutenant, firing as he ran, and yelling to those on the hill to follow him.
        "Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American War
        5
        He fell from the flying animal to the earth, but his arms still clasped the body of Mohun, whose head lay upon his breast.
        Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
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