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Whirlybird

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Informal A helicopter.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A helicopter.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

Word Usage

"Lisa Provence at The Hook put a little elbow grease into the matter, and discovered that the whirlybird is property of the Virginia National Guard, and was dispatched to look for marijuana as a part of “Operation Green Harvest” (which is, oddly, a famous Hawaiian cannabis-eradication program)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

heavier-than-air craft

Hyponym

cargo helicopter skyhook single-rotor helicopter shuttle helicopter

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