floatplane
or float plane
[floht-pleyn]
noun Aeronautics.
a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
Nearby words
- floating voter,
- floating-point,
- floating-point representation,
- floating-rate note,
- floatingly,
- floats,
- floatstone,
- floaty,
- flob,
- floc
Compare flying boat.
Origin of floatplane
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