"whirlybird" meaning in English

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        "(slang) A helicopter."
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          "word": "въртолет"
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          "sense": "helicopter",
          "word": "vispilä"
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        "A samara."
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        "(informal) A samara."
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        "A wind-powered roof turbine."
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        "(colloquial) A wind-powered roof turbine."
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