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flying boat

–noun
a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
Compare floatplane.


Origin:
1900–05
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flying boat  
n.  A large seaplane that floats on its hull rather than on pontoons.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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