Entry: aerodyne (n.)
In context: "...a thick M.F. cup, caught by a sudden gust as it falls, twirling, is caught at some aerodyne's angle and blown spinning all the way of the storefront of one 'Antitoi Entertainment'..."
Definition: now chiefly hist. a heavier-than-air aircraft; an aeroplane.
Also, helpfully from Wikipedia: heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving life from dynamic motion through the air.
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Page: 480
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, Wikipedia
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