fly agaric

plural of fly amanita

(aviation) A system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface, especially on airliners.

A window screen.

plural of fly screen

Synonym of gas and dash

To be assigned, as a member of a flying organization (air force, air line, etc.) to office duty, usually said of a person who is, or has previously been, qualified to fly an aircraft.

Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.

(baseball, slang) A pop-up; a fly ball to the infield or the shallow outfield.

Cordylobia anthropophaga, a blowfly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans, where it may cause myiasis) during its larval stage.