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Harpoon
Definition
a long spear-like instrument used in fishing or hunting large sea animals
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Example sentences
- The fisherman caught a tuna with his harpoon.
- The whaling ship had a team of men to throw harpoons at the whale.
- The Inuit people use harpoons to hunt seals.
- The harpoon was made of iron.
- The harpoon pierced the whale's blubber.
Quotes
'Ahab's harpoon, the one forged at Perth's fire, remained firmly lashed in its conspicuous crotch, so that it projected beyond his whale-boat's bow; but the sea that had stove its bottom had caused the loose leather sheath to drop off.
'If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was hardly an exaggeration, for Tiamat's ferocity was more than equal to that of the greatest dragons.' - The Harpoon at the Bottom of the Sea
'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.' - Mark Twain (referencing the use of small harpoons to catch whales)