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MAXIM GUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maxim gun mean? 

MAXIM GUN (noun)
  The noun MAXIM GUN has 1 sense:

1. an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrelplay

  Familiarity information: MAXIM GUN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAXIM GUN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Maxim gun" is a kind of...):

machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))


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