Origin: Greek prefix hydro-
Hydroplane has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
an airplane that can land on or take off from water
"the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"
a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
"the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"
A hydrofoil
glide on the water in a hydroplane
To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.