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What (who) is HARPOON - definition
![Bomb lance whaling harpoon, pictured in 1878, prominent in the famous whaling legal case, ''[[Ghen v. Rich]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bomb Lance Harpoon for whales.jpg?width=200 "Bomb lance whaling harpoon, pictured in 1878, prominent in the famous whaling legal case, ''[[Ghen v. Rich]]''")
![Ariège]], France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harpon 2010.0.3.5. Global.JPG?width=200 "Ariège]], France")
![ᐅᓈᖅ}}, a harpoon used by [[Inuit]], 172 cm (5.6 feet) long, [[MHNT]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harpon Unaaq MHNT ETH AC 198.jpg?width=200 "ᐅᓈᖅ}}, a harpoon used by [[Inuit]], 172 cm (5.6 feet) long, [[MHNT]]")
.jpeg?width=200 "Harpoon mounted on a whaling boat in Alaska, ca. 1915")
![Two harpoons in the coat of arms of [[Korsnäs]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Korsnäs.vaakuna.svg?width=200 "Two harpoons in the coat of arms of [[Korsnäs]]")
!["Manner in which Natives of the East Coast strike turtle." Near [[Cooktown]], Australia. From [[Phillip Parker King]]'s Survey. 1818.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manner in which the natives of the East Coast Stirke Turtle.jpg?width=200 "\"Manner in which Natives of the East Coast strike turtle.\" Near [[Cooktown]], Australia. From [[Phillip Parker King]]'s Survey. 1818.")
![Harpoons used in the whale fishery, 1887, including new design from [[Provincetown]] whalemen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whaling Harpoons 1887.jpg?width=200 "Harpoons used in the whale fishery, 1887, including new design from [[Provincetown]] whalemen")
Wikipedia
A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument and tool used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch and injure large fish or marine mammals such as seals and whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal and securing it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen to use a rope or chain attached to the projectile to catch the animal. A harpoon can also be used as a weapon. Certain harpoons are made with different builds to perform better with the type of target being aimed at. For example, the Inuit have short, fixed foreshaft harpoons for hunting seals at their breathing holes while loose shafted ones are made for attaching to the game thrown at.
