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LANDING SKID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("landing skid" is a kind of...):
landing gear (an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground)
Holonyms ("landing skid" is a part of...):
chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)