scavenge pumps

A form of scavenge pump — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of scavenge pump
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