"balling gun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: balling guns [plural]
Etymology: balling + gun Etymology templates: {{compound|en|balling|gun}} balling + gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} balling gun (plural balling guns)
  1. (veterinary medicine) A device for forcing a pill or bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal. Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine
    Sense id: en-balling_gun-en-noun-CAURMfX~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology

Inflected forms

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