seaplane

[ see-pleyn ]

/ ˈsiˌpleɪn /

an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.

Origin of seaplane

First recorded in 1910–15; sea + plane¹

sean, seanad éireann, seance, seaperch, seapiece, seaplane, seaport, seaq, seaquake, sear, search

VESSELS MOORED IN HARBOR: NINE BATTLESHIPS; THREE CLASS-B CRUISERS; THREE SEAPLANE TENDERS; SEVENTEEN DESTROYERS.

The Forgotten Crimes of Japan's Pearl Harbor Spy, Tadashi Morimura |Marc Wortman |December 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
If this storm meant grave dangers to them, what must it mean to two boys in a seaplane skimming through the air over the sea?

Curlie Carson Listens In |Roy J. Snell
This would give the bombs a better target than if the seaplane was cutting across the path of the airship.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman
At the same time, the seaplane just then did not seem to be making any headway.

Some Naval Yarns |Mordaunt Hall

The seaplane is merely an airplane with pontoons, It starts from the ground or from the deck of a vessel.

Our Navy in the War |Lawrence Perry
The next instant there was a vivid flash, followed by a crash that was audible above the roar of the seaplane's engine.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman

seaplane

/ (ˈsiːˌpleɪn) /

any aircraft that lands on and takes off from water Also called (esp US): hydroplane