par·a·vane
A device equipped with sharp teeth and towed alongside a ship to cut the mooring cables of submerged mines.
What does the word Paravane mean?
: a torpedo-shaped protective device with serrate teeth in its forward end used underwater by a ship in mined areas to sever the moorings of mines.
What is Nepitis?
noun. nep·o·tism | \ ˈne-pə-ˌti-zəm \ Essential Meaning of nepotism. disapproving : the unfair practice by a powerful person of giving jobs and other favors to relatives Nepotism has hurt the company.