speargun en · NOUN
Etymology
From spear + gun.
Meanings
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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.
2007 July 29, Brendan I. Koerner, “A Trimmer Gun to Spear Smaller Fry”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spearguns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
fi harppuunapyssy (a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)) · ru подво́дное ружьё (a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)) · ru гарпу́нное ружьё (a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater))