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noun
A French antiship missile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: guided missile
History
From French Exocet, from exocet (“flying fish”), from New Latin exocoetus, from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos, “a kind of fish resting on shore”), from ἔξω (éxō, “out, outside, without”) + κοῖτος (koîtos, “place of rest, bed”).
