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Noun: flyweight  'flI,weyt
  1. Weighs no more than 115 pounds
     
  2. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds
     
  3. A weight class division in combat sports, often the lightest.

Derived forms: flyweights

Type of: boxer, grappler, matman [informal], pugilist, weight class, wrestler

Encyclopedia: Flyweight