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flycraft en · NOUN

Etymology

From fly + -craft.

Meanings

1. A machine, device, or vessel that is capable of flight.
   • The flycraft was coasting toward the enemy killer biomachines when suddenly chance dealt Andora a soft blow in the form of a collision with a piece of space junk that glowed softly as it was repelled by the cloak and shield. 2010, John Likides, EROS TRIUMPHANT:
   • "They don't have to follow on land. There are flycraft and matboats in Peace City that will search us out." 2015, original 1978, Brian W. Aldiss, Enemies of the System:
   • Against the blackboard surface of the sky, flycrafts whizzed by, leaving crisscrossing trails of radiance that slowly dissipated, soon replaced by others. 2018, Bill Campbell, Francesco Verso, Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction:

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