AUTOGIRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autogiro mean? 

• AUTOGIRO (noun)
  The noun AUTOGIRO has 1 sense:

1. an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller

  Familiarity information: AUTOGIRO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOGIRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

autogiro; autogyro; gyroplane

Hypernyms ("autogiro" is a kind of...):

heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)