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Record 1 2010-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Shooting (Sports)
DEF

Any firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.

CONT

He also carried various special items, including a handgun and a kind of sound-and-light grenade, called a flash-bang, to scare off the polar bears that roam almost everywhere in the Arctic.

Key term(s)
  • hand gun
  • hand-gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Tir (Sports)
DEF

Toute arme à feu conçue pour être tenue et tirée d'une main.

OBS

arme de poing : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas ligeras
  • Tiro (Deportes)
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