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Meanings of flying animal in English

Animal that uses aerial locomotion.

Synonyms
Examples for "flying or gliding animal"
Examples for "flying or gliding animal"
1
Other preserved parts of a feathered dinosaur might also reveal if it was a flying or gliding animal.
Radio NZ
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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