rototiller

rototiller
/roh"teuh til'euhr/, n.
a motorized device having spinning blades perpendicular to the ground and arranged like spokes, used for tilling soil. Also roto-tiller, roto tiller. Also called rotary tiller.
[1920-25; ROT(ARY) + -O- + TILLER1]

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