spear gun

noun

a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.

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Historical Examples of spear gun

His spear-gun, the knife at his waist belt, neither were protection against this!
Key Out of Time
Andre Alice Norton
Ashe dug the butt of his spear-gun into the sand on the flooring to uncover another oval depression.
Key Out of Time
Andre Alice Norton

British Dictionary definitions for spear gun

spear gun

noun

a device for shooting spears underwater

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