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monoplane

mo·nop·lane

US/ˈmɑnʌˌpleɪn/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

an airplane with a single wing

Origin

From mono- + plane. The aviation sense was formed by analogy with biplane; compare French monoplan, as well as the earlier English aeroplane, multiplane, and triplane.

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