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Flying boat   /flˈaɪɪŋ boʊt/   Listen
Flying boat

noun
1.
A large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons.





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"Flying boat" Quotes from Famous Books



... his small two-seated racer, since it was the fastest craft in the hangar. Realizing, however, that Captain Britten might want to bring along considerable baggage, the young inventor had told Ned he felt it best to go in his flying boat. ...
— Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope • Victor Appleton
... the verdurous gateway steering, The strong-armed oarsmen urge their flying boat, Till now, the broad horizon disappearing, On the still island-lake they pause ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860 • Various


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