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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, fast warship equipped for firing torpedoes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a boat from which a torpedo is operated; especially, a small swift steamer carrying one or more offensive torpedoes for use against an enemy's ships.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a small,
high-speed warship designed to firetorpedoes , especially incoastal waters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters
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