hydroairplane

[ hahy-droh-air-pleyn ]

noun

1. a hydroplane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroairplane¹

First recorded in 1905–10; hydro- ¹ + airplane

Example Sentences

Having detected a submerged enemy craft the hydroairplane flies over it, dropping a bomb.

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Presently the hydroairplane again caught sight of the prey it was stalking.

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It was one oclock in the afternoon when the leading hydroairplane signalled a report that the sea ahead was strewn with wreckage.

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