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fenestron

fenestron noun: a protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan.

fenestron: a protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan
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Noun

fenestron (plural fenestrons)

  1. A protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan.

Forms of fenestron

pluralfenestrons

Origin of fenestron

Borrowed from French fenestron (“small window”), ultimately from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Questions about fenestron

What does fenestron mean?
Fenestron means a protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan.
What part of speech is fenestron?
Fenestron is a noun.
What is the plural of fenestron?
The plural of fenestron is fenestrons.

Words near fenestron in the dictionary

  1. fenestration
  2. fenestrations
  3. fenestrel
  4. fenestrid
  5. fenestrids
  6. fenestron
  7. fenestrons
  8. fenestrule
  9. fenestrules
  10. fenestrum
  11. fenestrums

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