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speargun

noun

Etymology

From spear + gun.

  1. inherited from gunne,gonne
  2. compounded as speargun — “spear + gun”

Definitions

  1. A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.

    • The five Euro Series spearguns, whose stocks range in length from 102 to 145 centimeters (about 40 to 57 inches), went on sale in January 2006, priced from $380 to $474.

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