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Whirlybird

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A helicopter. slang

    "... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off..."

  2. 2
    an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades wordnet
  3. 3
    A samara. informal
  4. 4
    A wind-powered roof turbine. colloquial

Etymology

From whirly + bird.

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