flyway

[ flahy-wey ]

noun

a route between breeding and wintering areas taken by concentrations of migrating birds.

Origin of flyway

First recorded in 1890–95; fly² + way¹

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How to use flyway in a sentence

Let us fly way up in the air so that we may look down over all the country!
Friendly Fairies | Johnny Gruelle

British Dictionary definitions for fly way

fly way

noun

the usual route used by birds when migrating

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