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flying boat
noun
- a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
flying boat
noun
- a seaplane in which the fuselage consists of a hull that provides buoyancy in the water
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flying boat1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
The idling engines were speeded up and the flying boat moved slowly across the harbor.
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He was very modern with his Flying Boat stock and his improved munitions for the Allies.
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Accordingly the advance was renewed, nor did they take any less precaution because of the departure of the flying boat.
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The flying-boat vanished from the surface of the sea as if she had been a smudge wiped off a slate with a sponge.
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Shortly before noon, in communication with wrecked and drifting flying-boat Adventurer.
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