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☆ scuba (sko̵̅o̅′bə)

noun

equipment worn by divers for breathing underwater, consisting typically of one or two compressed-air tanks strapped to the back and connected by a hose to a mouthpiece

Etymology: s(elf-)c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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