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whirlybird

/ˈwɜːr.li.bɜːrd/

Traducción: Sustantivo informal que designa un helicóptero, es decir, una aeronave sin alas que se sustenta y propulsa mediante rotores o aspas giratorias en su parte superior.

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noun

/ˈwɜːr.li.bɜːrd/C1formal
  • esSustantivo informal que designa un helicóptero, es decir, una aeronave sin alas que se sustenta y propulsa mediante rotores o aspas giratorias en su parte superior.

A noun referring to an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades.

  1. HelicopterB1informalamerican

    An aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, allowing it to take off and land vertically, hover, and fly in any direction.

    esHelicóptero

    • The news reporter arrived in a whirlybird to cover the traffic jam.
    • We took a scenic tour of the city in a whirlybird.
    • The whirlybird landed on the hospital's helipad.

    Sinónimoschoppereggbeaterhelicopter

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  • whirlybirds plural form
  • whirlybirds' possessive plural form
  • whirlybird's possessive singular form