hydroairplane

[ hahy-droh-air-pleyn ]

noun

1. a hydroplane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroairplane¹

First recorded in 1905–10; hydro- ¹ + airplane

Example Sentences

We brought the Suwarna to, dropped a boat, and with myself as coxswain pulled toward a wrecked hydroairplane.

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