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flap⋅er⋅on

  [flap-uh-ron]
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–noun Aeronautics.
a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
Origin:
flap + (ail)eron
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flap·er·on   (flāp'ə-rŏn')   
n.  A control surface on an aircraft wing functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.

[flap + (ail)eron.]
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