flycraft

noun

flycraft

noun

Etymology From fly + -craft.

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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction 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:
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  • 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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