Definitions | harpoon |
| noun
- A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
verb
- (transitive) To hunt something with a harpoon.
Etymology: From (term, harpon) < (term, harpaga) < (term, , á, tr=harpagÄ, hook) < (term, , á, tr=harpazÅ, to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate).
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