1. (of an animal) able to fly or glide: "newly volant young"
▪ relating to or characterized by flight.
▪ represented as flying: "a falcon volant"
▪ moving rapidly or lightly:"her sails caught a volant wind"
Word Originmid 16th century (as a military term in the sense ‘capable of rapid movement’): from French, literally ‘flying’, present participle of voler, from Latin volare ‘to fly’.