Hydro-aeroplane

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydro-aeroplane \Hy"dro-a"["e]r*o*plane`\ (A["e]ronautics)
     An a["e]roplane with a boatlike or other understructure that
     enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a
     body of water by its own motive power; -- now usually
     referred to as a {seaplane}. [obsolescent]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]