- torpedo plane
- noun see torpedo bomber
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
torpedo plane
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torpedo bomber — noun Date: 1930 a military airplane designed to carry torpedoes called also torpedo plane … New Collegiate Dictionary
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