A body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy.

(archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.

plural of flying wedge

(aviation, American football) A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.

(sports) an air sport, a variant of paragliding, focusing on high speed passes skimming close to the ground and terrain features

Draco volans, a gliding lizard endemic to Southeast Asia. / Any lizard in the genus Draco. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flying, dragon.

(politics) The tactic whereby a politician, usually through the media and often by way of an intentional leak, raises an idea to gauge the public reaction to it.

Alternative form of nonflying

A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to east Asia, cultivated as a food fish, highly invasive in US, also known as a silver carp.

plural of flying bridge