Usually means: Water-deployed, sonar-equipped maritime buoy.
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  3. sonobuoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. sonobuoy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. sonobuoy: Dictionary.com
  11. Sonobuoy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
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▸ noun:  (nautical, military) A buoy that sends a radio signal when it detects the sound of underwater objects (such as submarines).

Similar:
dan buoy, buoy, anchor buoy, echo sounder, light buoy, sounder, sonar, bouy, buoy tender, can buoy, more...

Types:
active, passive, launch and listen, dispersed, nondispersed, more...

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Similar:
dan buoy, buoy, anchor buoy, echo sounder, light buoy, sounder, sonar, bouy, buoy tender, can buoy, more...

Types:
active, passive, launch and listen, dispersed, nondispersed, more...



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