An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades.
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He saw the whirlybird when it was still nearly a mile away.
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To really appreciate this spectacular landscape, hop in a whirlybird (a helicopter).
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Take it easy, and I'll send a whirlybird to pick you up, Tom promised.
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He put the whirlybird down right on target, in the middle of the yard, which had been cleared in advance.
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If there's a chance of it or us sprouting bullet holes, you're going to have to rent a different whirlybird and driver.
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Flying that whirlybird through twenty-five hundred miles of fog banks wasn't exactly restful, either; I'll be glad to turn in...
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Rotation produces the pods' nickname -whirlybirds -and creates tiny vortexes above their leading edges.
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Beyond these, it's also keenly aware of the public approval element that will fuel acceptance-orrejection-ofnew whirlybirds.
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Whirlybird propellers decorated the dirt yard.
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"The problem, seems to me, is how we're going to use it without the whirlybird."