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  • 31fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …

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  • 32Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …

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  • 33naval ship — Introduction       the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …

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  • 34Cataphract — A cataphract was a form of heavy cavalry used by nomadic eastern Iranian tribes and dynasties and later Ancient Greeks and Romans. Historically the cataphract was a heavily armed and armoured cavalryman who saw action from the earliest days of… …

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  • 35Imperial Navy (Warhammer 40,000) — In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 , the Imperial Navy is one of the armed forces of the Imperium of Man.Despite a relative inferiority in technology compared to many alien navies in the Warhammer 40K universe (notably the Eldar Craft… …

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  • 36Tank destroyer — A self propelled anti tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle designed specifically to engage enemy armor forces, and not produced for an infantry support role. Most have been traditionally defined and produced as a… …

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  • 37HMS Inflexible (1876) — HMS Inflexible was a Victorian ironclad battleship carrying her main armament in centrally placed turrets. The ship was constructed in the 1870s for the Royal Navy to oppose the perceived growing threat from the Italian Regia Marina in the… …

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  • 38Horses in warfare — War horse redirects here. For other uses, see War horse (disambiguation). A modern day joust at a …

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  • 39Retiarius — A retiarius (plural retiarii ; literally, net man or net fighter ) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman: a weighted net ( rete, hence the name), a three pointed trident ( fuscina or tridens ), and a dagger …

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  • 40Conning tower — A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer can con the vessel; i.e., give directions to the helmsman. It is usually located as high on the ship as practical, to give the conning team good… …

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