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Vulcan cannon

Vulcan cannon noun: any electric Gatling gun.

Noun

Vulcan cannon (plural Vulcan cannons)

  1. (slang) Any electric Gatling gun.

Forms of Vulcan cannon

pluralVulcan cannons

Origin of Vulcan cannon

Originally coined by General Electric for their electric gatling guns.

Questions about Vulcan cannon

What does Vulcan cannon mean?
Vulcan cannon means any electric Gatling gun.
What part of speech is Vulcan cannon?
Vulcan cannon is a noun.
What is the plural of Vulcan cannon?
The plural of Vulcan cannon is Vulcan cannons.

Words near Vulcan cannon in the dictionary

  1. Vukovians
  2. Vukovic
  3. Vukovics
  4. Vuladdore Reef
  5. Vulcan
  6. Vulcan cannon
  7. Vulcan cannons
  8. Vulcan chess
  9. Vulcan County
  10. vulcan palm
  11. vulcan palms

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