bird strike
noun
: a collision involving an aircraft and one or more birds in flight
Every year pilots in the U.S. report more than 5,000 bird strikes, which cause at least $400 million in damage to commercial and military aircraft.
Phil Scott, Scientific American, September 1999
Phil Scott, Scientific American, September 1999
Word History
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
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