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Seaplane

//ˈsiˌpleɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
  2. 2
    an airplane that can land on or take off from water wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    glide on the water in a hydroplane wordnet

Etymology

From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.

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