WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fly′ing wing′, [Aeron.]
  1. Aeronauticsan airplane whose wings form almost all the airframe, with the fuselage almost or entirely within the wing structure.
  • 1935–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flying wing n
  1. an aircraft consisting mainly of one large wing and no fuselage or tailplane
  2. (in Canadian football) the twelfth player, who has a variable position behind the scrimmage line

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