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autocannon

noun

Etymology

From auto- + cannon.

  1. derived from 𒄀𒈾
  2. derived from 𒄀
  3. derived from κάννα
  4. derived from canna
  5. derived from cannone
  6. derived from canon
  7. inherited from canon
  8. prefixed as autocannon — “auto + cannon”

Definitions

  1. A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead…

    A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autocannon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA