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Synonyms of whirlybird
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
- from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker
Synonyms for whirlybird
Words Related to whirlybird
- autogiro
- (or autogyro),
- convertiplane
- (or convertaplane),
- gyroplane,
- tilt-rotor
- slick
- [slang]
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The first known use of whirlybird was in 1951
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