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WHALING GUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whaling gun mean?
• WHALING GUN (noun)
The noun WHALING GUN has 1 sense:
1. a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
Familiarity information: WHALING GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("whaling gun" is a kind of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
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