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tailsitters

tailsitters is the plural of tailsitter.

Meaning of tailsitter

Noun

tailsitter (plural tailsitters)

  1. A vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff.
  2. A vertical-takeoff spacecraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at both takeoff and landing; a spacecraft that can land vertically.

Questions about tailsitters

What is tailsitters the plural of?
Tailsitters is the plural of tailsitter.

Words near tailsitters in the dictionary

  1. tailshaft
  2. tailshafts
  3. tailshield
  4. tailshields
  5. tailsitter
  6. tailsitters
  7. tailskid
  8. tailskids
  9. tailslide
  10. tailslides
  11. tailspeed

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