parcelcopter

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noun

A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.

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Meanings

nounparcelcopter (plural parcelcopters)

plural parcelcopters

  1. A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.

    Express delivery Parcelcopters could deliver packages and pizzas to your door!

    2015, Susan Hayes, Really? Robots, page 17
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    Utilising a remotely controlled quad-copter drone, DHL's new service will send its parcelcopters to the small German island of Juist, while flying 50 metres above ground to avoid any air control regulations.

    2014 October 8, “DHL's parcelcopter drone taking to the air”, in TechSmart Business

    And, in Germany, DHL launched an experimental drone delivery service called “parcelcopter” in December 2013, carrying small parcels to the small island of Juist (population 2,000).

    2015 February 18, Chris Morris, “Where can Amazon legally fly its drones?”, in Fortune

Origin

Blend of parcel + -copter.

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APA

parcelcopter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcelcopter

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“parcelcopter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcelcopter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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