ballute

ballute
ballute [ba lo͞ot′ ]
n.
BALL(OON) + (PARACH)UTE
a balloonlike device made of heat-resistant materials and inflated by stored gas, used for deceleration, as of a spacecraft reentering the earth's atmosphere

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