a kind of two-winged insect (especially the housefly)
take to the air, usually employing wings
Cases of word usage
1) a creature with feathers, usually able to fly (bird)
2) of fly (flew)
3) of fly (flown)
4) a kind of small two-winged fly that bites (gnat)
5) a framework covered with paper or cloth, made to fly in the wind at the end of a long string or wire; a bird of prey of the hawk family (kite)
6) a creature like a short worm (called a larva or grub) that is the young of a fly or other insect (maggot)
7) (of a bird, plane) to fly or go up high in the air; to increase quickly (soar)
8) (of speed) faster that that of sound; (of a plane) able to fly at supersonic speed (supersonic)