flycraft

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fly +‎ craft.

Noun[edit]

flycraft (plural flycrafts or flycraft)

  1. (science fiction) A machine, device, or vessel that is capable of flight
    • 2010, John Likides, EROS TRIUMPHANT:
      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.
    • 2015, original 1978, Brian W. Aldiss, Enemies of the System:
      "They don't have to follow on land. There are flycraft and matboats in Peace City that will search us out."
    • 2018, Bill Campbell, Francesco Verso, Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction:
      Against the blackboard surface of the sky, flycrafts whizzed by, leaving crisscrossing trails of radiance that slowly dissipated, soon replaced by others.
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