"smokeball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smokeballs [plural]
Etymology: smoke + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|smoke|ball}} smoke + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} smokeball (plural smokeballs)
  1. A puffball fungus. Categories (lifeform): Euagarics
    Sense id: en-smokeball-en-noun-KDjalzlA Disambiguation of Euagarics: 70 30
  2. (military) A ball or case containing a substance that produces thick smoke when it burns. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-smokeball-en-noun-yVgs3EG0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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