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helitankers

helitankers is the plural of helitanker.

Meaning of helitanker

Noun

helitanker (plural helitankers)

  1. A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
    • MORE than a dozen fire crews and two helitankers are battling a grass fire west of Geelong as temperatures across the state hit 40C.2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2009

Questions about helitankers

What is helitankers the plural of?
Helitankers is the plural of helitanker.

Words near helitankers in the dictionary

  1. helistop
  2. helistops
  3. helitack
  4. helitacks
  5. helitanker
  6. helitankers
  7. helitorch
  8. helitorches
  9. helitransportable
  10. helitron
  11. helitrons

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