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helitanker en · NOUN

Etymology

From heli- + tanker.

Meanings

1. A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
   • MORE than a dozen fire crews and two helitankers are battling a grass fire west of Geelong as temperatures across the state hit 40C. 2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2009:

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