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whirlybird
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of WHIRLYBIRD
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally <from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker>
Related Words rotary-wing aircraft, rotorcraft; autogiro (or autogyro), convertiplane (or convertaplane), gyroplane, tilt-rotor; slick [slang]
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