"flying machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flying machines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying machine (plural flying machines)
  1. (archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective). Tags: archaic Translations (archaic: aircraft): 飛行機 (hikōki) (Japanese), 飛行器 (hikōki) (Japanese), 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki) (Japanese), 空中飛行器 (kūchū hikōki) (Japanese)

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