Meanings
nounspeargun (plural spearguns)
plural spearguns
- 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
Origin
Translations
Finnish harppuunapyssy
- harppuunapyssya gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)
Russian подво́дное ружьё, гарпу́нное ружьё
- подво́дное ружьё (podvódnoje ružʹjó)a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)
- гарпу́нное ружьё (garpúnnoje ružʹjó)a gun that fires a spear (normally used underwater)
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Chicago
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