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el·evon (el′ə vän′)

noun

an aileron on a tailless airplane, that also serves as an elevator

Etymology: elev(ator) + (ailer)on

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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