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convertiplane definition

☆ con·verti·plane (kən vʉrt′ə plān′)

noun

an aircraft designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter but to fly forward in level flight like a conventional airplane

Etymology: converti(ble) + (air)plane

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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