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| action verb |
a verb that shows its subject performing some action. "Run," "eat," "fly," and "sing" are examples of action verbs. |
| aeropause |
the level at which the earth's atmosphere becomes too thin for airplanes to fly. |
| aircraft |
any machine that can fly through the air. |
| airline |
a system of transportation that allows people to fly from one place to another, or a business that owns and operates the equipment to do this. |
| airliner |
a large airplane used to fly people from one place to another. |
| airplane |
a machine that is heavier than air and that can fly. It has wings and engines. |
| bird |
an animal with two wings, two feet, and feathers. Most birds can fly. |
| bumblebee |
a large, furry bee, often with black and yellow stripes. Bumblebees make a loud humming or buzzing noise when they fly. |
| buzz |
to fly over very low in an aircraft. [1/4 definitions] |
| cantharides |
see "Spanish fly." |
| check in |
to say in an official way that you have arrived. You check in at a hotel and at an airport before you fly. |
| coachman |
a type of artificial fly for fishing. [1/2 definitions] |
| convertiplane |
an airplane that can fly forward with speed and take off and land vertically like a helicopter. |
| dipteran |
any of various insects, such as the fly or mosquito, having two functional wings and the vestiges of two other wings that serve as balancing organs. [1/2 definitions] |
| dodo |
a large bird, now extinct, with wings so small that it could not fly. Dodos were once found on islands in the Indian Ocean. |
| drosophila |
the common fruit fly, used esp. in genetic experiments. |
| dun2 |
a mayfly or handmade fishing fly of this color. [1/3 definitions] |
| emu |
a large bird with long legs that runs very fast but can not fly. Emus live in Australia. |
| flagpole |
a pole on which to hang or fly a flag. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. [1/2 definitions] |
| flew |
past tense of fly1. |
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