"scavenge pump" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scavenge pumps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scavenge pump (plural scavenge pumps)
  1. (chiefly aviation) A fuel pump used to remove the last dregs of usable fuel from a fuel tank once the fuel level in the tank has fallen too low for the primary fuel pumps to be able to draw fuel from the tank. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-scavenge_pump-en-noun-SRi87yBn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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