scavenge pump (English, noun)
expansion: scavenge pump (plural scavenge pumps)
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glosses: A fuel pump used to remove the last dregs of usable fuel from a fuel tank once the fuel level in the tank has fallen too low for the primary fuel pumps to be able to draw fuel from the tank.
Forms:
form: scavenge pumps
tags: plural