flying boat

n (Aeronautics) a seaplane in which the fuselage consists of a hull that provides buoyancy in the water

fly′ing boat`

n. a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating. [1915–20]

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Noun

flying boat - a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoonshydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"

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flying boat

flying boat:

see seaplaneseaplane,
airplane designed to take off from and alight on water. The two most common types are the floatplane, whose fuselage is supported by struts attached to two or more pontoon floats, and the flying boat, whose boat-hull fuselage is constructed with the buoyancy and
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flying boat

[¦flī·iŋ ¦bōt] (aerospace engineering) A seaplane with a fuselage that acts as a hull and is the means of the plane's support on water.

flying boat

A form of seaplane whose fuselage serves as the boat hull.

flying boat

a seaplane in which the fuselage consists of a hull that provides buoyancy in the water

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noun a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons

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