FIDO
[fahy-doh]
noun Aeronautics.
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
Origin of FIDO
1940–45; f(og) i(nvestigation) d(ispersal) o(perations)
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Historical Examples of fido
So they all called in chorus,—Fido and the other honest friends.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
"Fido," said Abner, remembering it all, as the years came back.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
Fido knew that, for there were caresses in every stroke of the dimpled hands.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
As for Fido, he sat on the front porch and watched the people moving in.
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So then and there began the friendship of Fido and the little boy.
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