iron-strap
US Whaling (now rare )
noun
A short piece of rope connecting a line to a harpoon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- phytophagan
- phytophagic
- phytophagous
- phytophagy
- phytopharmacology
- phytophile
- phytophilous
- Phytophthora
- phytophysiological
- phytophysiology
- phytoplankter
- phytoplankton
- phytoplanktonic
- phytoremediation
- phytosanitary
- phytosaur
- phytosaurian
- phytoseiid
- phytosociological
- phytosociologically
- phytosociologist
- phytosociology
- phytosterin
- phytosterol
- phytotherapy