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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A conical rifle bullet used in the 1800s and designed with a hollow base that expanded when fired.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The conical ball, with hollow base, used with the Minié rifle.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Claude Étienne Minié, (1814?–1879), French army officer.]

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