Usually means: Aircraft with pontoons for water.
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  1. floatplane: Merriam-Webster
  2. floatplane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. floatplane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. floatplane: Vocabulary.com
  5. floatplane: Wordnik
  6. floatplane: Wiktionary
  7. floatplane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. floatplane: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. floatplane: Dictionary.com
  10. Floatplane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. floatplane: Rhymezone
  12. floatplane: FreeDictionary.org
  13. floatplane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. floatplane: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. floatplane: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (floatplane)

▸ noun:  A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.

Similar:
pontoon plane, hydroplane, flying boat, seaplane, plane, hydroaviation, lightplane, landplane, diving plane, convertiplane, more...

Opposite:
landplane, grounded plane, fixed-wing aircraft

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Similar:
pontoon plane, hydroplane, flying boat, seaplane, plane, hydroaviation, lightplane, landplane, diving plane, convertiplane, more...

Opposite:
landplane, grounded plane, fixed-wing aircraft



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