flying insects
1Flying ant day — or Flant Day is an informal term for a day on which queen ants emerge from the nest to begin their nuptial flight. In most species, the male ants also fly alongside them, although they are smaller and less noticeable. The queens fly for a while… …
2Flying and gliding animals — A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying and gliding animals have evolved separately many times, without any single ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects,… …
3insects — n. 1) insects bite; crawl, creep; fly 2) as warm of (flying) insects * * * crawl creep fly a swarm of (flying) insects insects bite …
4flying — [[t]fla͟ɪɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n A flying animal has wings and is able to fly. ...species of flying insects. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something gets off to a flying start, or makes a flying start, they start very well, for example in a… …
5Insects (The History of the Galaxy) — Insects are an alien race in The History of the Galaxy series of novels by Russian science fiction writer Andrey Livadny.The first encounter between humans and Insects is described in the novel Demeter , although signs of the race s former glory… …
6flying food — insects and other arthropods caught by fishes by leaping from the water or caught at the air water interface …
7flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps. [1605 15] * * * Any member of two distinct groups of rodents that are able… …
8Flying fox (fish) — Taxobox name = Flying fox status = LC image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Cypriniformes familia = Cyprinidae subfamilia = genus = Epalzeorhynchos species = E. kalopterus binomial =… …
9Micromechanical Flying Insect — The Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) project is research effort to develop a flying robot based on living insects flight techniques, i.e. an ornithopter. The flying robot will be capable of sustained autonomous flight. The design of artificial …
10Northern flying squirrel — Conservation status Least Concern ( …
