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flying 
1  adj A flying animal has wings and is able to fly. 
...species of flying insects.  
2 If someone or something gets off to a flying start, or makes a flying start, they start very well, for example in a race or a new job. 
♦ get off to a flying start  phrase 
Advertising revenue in the new financial year has got off to a flying start...  

flying doctor   (flying doctors plural )A flying doctor is a doctor, especially in Australia, who travels by aircraft to visit patients who live in distant or isolated areas.  n-count 
flying fish   (flying fish plural) (flying fishes plural )Flying fish are a type of fish that live in warm seas. They have large fins that enable them to move forward in the air when they jump out of the water.  n-var 
flying saucer   (flying saucers plural )A flying saucer is a round, flat object which some people say they have seen in the sky and which they believe to be a spacecraft from another planet. 
OLD-FASHIONED  n-count 
Flying Squad  
The Flying Squad is a group of police officers who are always ready to travel quickly to the scene of a serious crime. 
 (BRIT)  n-proper-coll 
flying visit   (flying visits plural )A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time.  n-count 
high-flying  
A high-flying person is successful or is likely to be successful in their career.  adj 
...her high-flying newspaper-editor husband.  
low-flying  
Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.  adj