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whirlybird

/ˈwɜːliˌbɜːd/

/ˈwɜrliˌbɜrd/

Translations

whirlybirdnoun

whirlybirds

/ˈwɜːliˌbɜːd/

/ˈwɜrliˌbɜrd/

The whirlybird landed smoothly on the helipad.

Вертолёт плавно приземлился на вертолётной площадке.

Synonyms

whirlybirdnoun

A helicopter, an aircraft that derives its lift from rotating blades.

The rescue team arrived quickly in a whirlybird to airlift the injured hikers.

A winged seed (samara) of a maple or similar tree that spins as it falls to the ground.

The children chased the whirlybirds that fluttered down from the old maple.

(Australia, informal) A roof-mounted ventilator with spinning vanes used to extract hot air from a building.

They installed two whirlybirds on the roof to keep the house cooler in summer.