"quadcopter" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2017 October 17, Christina Caron, “After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety”, in New York Times",
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          "text": "he saw, sweeping back and forth over the treetops, a sleek-looking quadcopter drone.",
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        "A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors."
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          "rotor",
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        {
          "word": "quadrotor"
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        {
          "word": "quadrocopter"
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        {
          "word": "quadricopter"
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        {
          "word": "quadrotor helicopter"
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          "sense": "rotorcraft",
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          "word": "kvadrokoptéra"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
          "word": "nelikopteri"
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          "sense": "rotorcraft",
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          "word": "quadrirotor"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Quadrocopter"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Quadrokopter"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "quadrirotore"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "quadcopter"
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          "roman": "kvadrokóptɛr",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
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          "word": "квадроко́птер"
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          "roman": "kvadroljót",
          "sense": "rotorcraft",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "квадролёт"
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          "roman": "kvadrokópter",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)/"
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          "word": "quadrotor"
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      "word": "kvadrokoptéra"
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      "word": "quadrirotor"
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      "sense": "rotorcraft",
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      "word": "Quadrocopter"
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      "word": "Quadrokopter"
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      "word": "quadrirotore"
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      "sense": "rotorcraft",
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      "word": "квадроко́птер"
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      "roman": "kvadroljót",
      "sense": "rotorcraft",
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      "word": "квадролёт"
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      "roman": "kvadrokópter",
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