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Old 12-03-2003 | 01:54 PM
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Recognized source? How about the American Heritage Dictionary?

SYLLABICATION: flap·er·on
PRONUNCIATION: flp-rn
NOUN: A control surface on an aircraft wing functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
ETYMOLOGY: flap + (ail)eron.

How's that guys?