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centrifuga (maritime)
A pump that uses centrifugal force for pumping liquids. (Also, moving or tending to move away from a center.)
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[Source: "Glossary." Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/)]