"speargun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spearguns [plural]
Etymology: spear + gun Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spear|gun}} spear + gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} speargun (plural spearguns)
  1. A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use. Wikipedia link: speargun Translations (a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)): harppuunapyssy (Finnish), подво́дное ружьё (podvódnoje ružʹjó) [neuter] (Russian), гарпу́нное ружьё (garpúnnoje ružʹjó) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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