Hydro-aeroplane

Hydro-aeroplane
Hydro-aeroplane Hy"dro-a"["e]r*o*plane` (A["e]ronautics) An a["e]roplane with a boatlike or other understructure that enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a body of water by its own motive power; -- now usually referred to as a {seaplane}. [obsolescent] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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