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chu-ko-nus

chu-ko-nus is the plural of chu-ko-nu.

Meaning of chu-ko-nu

Noun

chu-ko-nu (plural chu-ko-nus)

  1. An early Chinese repeating crossbow.
    • The chu-ko-nu, equipped with a magazine to hold bolts or, as in this case, pellets, was used in China well into the twentieth century (Needham et al. 1994: 157-64; Selby 2003: 62-63).2007, C. E. Grayson, M. French, M. J. O'Brien, Traditional Archery from Six Continents, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24

Questions about chu-ko-nus

What is chu-ko-nus the plural of?
Chu-ko-nus is the plural of chu-ko-nu.

Words near chu-ko-nus in the dictionary

  1. Chu-chou
  2. Chu-hai
  3. Chu-Harrington limit
  4. Chu-hsi
  5. chu-ko-nu
  6. chu-ko-nus
  7. Chu-ma-tien
  8. Chu-mu-lang-ma
  9. Chu-shan
  10. Chua
  11. Chuadanga District

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