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hydropump

hydropump noun: a hydraulic pump.

Noun

hydropump (plural hydropumps)

  1. A hydraulic pump.
    • This is because of the increased pulling power of the retro jet which would make manual retraction unduly laborious. A hydropump has therefore been fitted that is simply operated by a clutch lever giving variable speed of retraction.1980, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants Operator's Newsletter
    • Professor N. K. Vereshchagin, a palaeontologist from Leningrad who joined the expedition, discovered the archaeological component at the site when using a hydropump to expose a bone-rich horizon of the "cemetery."1996, Frederick Hadleigh West, Constance F. West, John F. Hoffecker, American Beginnings

Forms of hydropump

pluralhydropumps

Origin of hydropump

From hydro- + pump.

Questions about hydropump

What does hydropump mean?
Hydropump means a hydraulic pump.
What part of speech is hydropump?
Hydropump is a noun.
What is the plural of hydropump?
The plural of hydropump is hydropumps.

Words near hydropump in the dictionary

  1. hydroptic
  2. hydroptilid
  3. hydroptilids
  4. hydropult
  5. hydropults
  6. hydropump
  7. hydropumps
  8. hydropyrolysate
  9. hydropyrolysates
  10. hydropyrolyses
  11. hydropyrolysis

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