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Floatplane

A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water

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    A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water

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pontoon planenouna seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water

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pontoon planenouna seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
hydroplanenoun(aircraft, nautical) A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
flying boatnounA fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, capable of landing on water, but (unless also equipped with wheels) not on land.
seaplanenoun(aircraft, nautical) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
planenounAn airplane; an aeroplane.
hydroaviationnounThe part of aviation dealing with seaplanes and floatplanes.
lightplanenounA small, lightweight aeroplane.
landplanenounAn aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on, land (rather than water or snow).
diving planenoun(nautical) A moveable control surface on a submarine, used to control the depth and pitch of the submarine.
convertiplanenounAny of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
aquaplanenoun(originally US, water sports) A board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat.
float-on float-offnoun(transport, nautical) A form of marine vessel which allows large floating objects (such as other ships, or oil platforms, etc) to be floated atop and floated off the ship's transport decktop.
jetfoilnounA passenger-carrying hydrofoil propelled by water jets.
convertaplanenounAlternative form of convertiplane. [Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate]
floatnounA buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
tailplanenounA horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin.
hydroflightnoun(countable) A flight using hydroflight technology
flyingnoun(countable, aviation) An act of flight.
hydrofoilnoun(nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.
floatovernounA marine construction in which an upper structure is prebuilt and then floated into position over a lower part, often used for offshore oil rigs.

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