rogallo
/ (rəˈɡæləʊ) /
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noun plural -los
a flexible fabric delta wing, originally designed as a possible satellite retrieval vehicle but actually developed in the 1960s as the first successful hang-glider
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Word Origin for rogallo
C20: after Francis M. Rogallo (born 1912), the US engineer who designed it
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