Rotorcraft

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.

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"NASA has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s: a comet sample return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan."

Etymology

From rotor + craft.

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