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flightlings

flightlings is the plural of flightling.

Meaning of flightling

Noun (1)

flightling (plural flightlings)

  1. One who flees or takes flight; an escapee, fugitive, or refugee.
    • We were the witnesses not of a few handsful of casual flightlings, but of the general exodus of the inhabitants of a whole territory.1878, Archibald Forbes, The War Correspondence of the "Daily News," 1877

Noun (2)

flightling (plural flightlings)

  1. A young or little flyer (person or creature that flies).
    • In that country style place with an abundant garden the lady of the house would put special toast slices, a nutty high-grain variety dried to an ideal texture for birds, out for the collection of flightlings that attended the daily garden feast.2013, Sereena Nightshade, Sweetie-Baby, page 316

Questions about flightlings

What is flightlings the plural of?
Flightlings is the plural of flightling.

Words near flightlings in the dictionary

  1. flightlessly
  2. flightlessness
  3. flightline
  4. flightlines
  5. flightling
  6. flightlings
  7. flightmap
  8. flightmaps
  9. flightmare
  10. flightmares
  11. flightpath

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