Definition of "floatplane" [floatplane]

• An airplane equipped with one or more floats for landing on or taking off from a body of water. (noun)

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• "Now, sometimes she takes the family Piper Cub floatplane, which is older than anyone in her family."
• "Alaska is huge you really need to fly over in a bush or floatplane at a couple K feet to get an idea of how much ground you have to cover."
• "One day in July, she flew in a floatplane to the summer "spirit camp" at an ancient Russian trading settlement on Nuchek Island near Prince William Sound."