noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings.
2. 2
   an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller wordnet
3. 3
   An autogyro.

Synonyms

All synonyms

autogiroautogiroautogyro

Etymology

From gyro- + plane.

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