| fly ball |
in baseball, a batted ball that rises high in the air; fly. (Cf. ground ball.) |
| fly-cast |
to fish by casting an artificial fly, attached to a light leader, which is in turn attached to a heavy line, with a lightweight, flexible rod. |
| fly casting |
the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting a heavy line, from a lightweight flexible rod, to which an artificial fly has been attached by means of a light leader. |
| fly-fishing |
a method of fishing that involves casting with a rod and and using an artifical fly as bait. |
| flying |
being able to fly or seeming to fly. [1/6 definitions] |
| glide |
to fly in a glider. [1/9 definitions] |
| halter2 |
either of a pair of club-shaped appendages that form rudimentary hind wings on an insect, such as the fly or mosquito, and serve to maintain its balance in flight. |
| hedgehop |
to fly very low in an airplane, avoiding trees and other obstacles by rising over them. |
| herl |
a fly made with this material. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hessian fly |
a small fly, the larvae of which infest and consume the stems of grasses, wheat, and other grain plants. |
| housefly |
a fly that is commonly found in and around human dwellings and is known to spread a number of diseases. |
| ichneumon |
an ichneumon fly. [1/2 definitions] |
| loop |
to fly (an airplane) in a loop or sequence of loops. [2/11 definitions] |
| lovebug |
a small black fly of the southeastern United States that swarms in large numbers in May and September. |
| maggot |
the sluglike larva of the fly and many other insects. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mediterranean fruit fly |
a small two-winged fruit fly, the larvae of which infest and feed on many types of fruit. |
| moth |
any of numerous broad-winged insects that have fine or featherlike antennae, usu. fly at night, and are usu. thicker of body and less colorful than butterflies. [1/2 definitions] |
| nighthawk |
any of several long-winged birds related to the whippoorwill that fly mostly at night and catch insects in the air. |
| noctuid |
any of a large group of moths that are dull in color, fly at night, and produce destructive larvae such as cutworms and armyworms. |
| overfly |
to fly an aircraft over (a specific area, esp. of a foreign country) for the purpose of reconnaissance. [2 definitions] |
| pipistrelle |
any of a genus of small bats, found in North America and most of the Eastern Hemisphere, that fly before nightfall. |