ber·et·ta

[buh-ret-uh]
noun
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Beretta
It. firearms manufacturer, business attested from 1526, founded by gunsmith Bartolomeo Beretta (1498-1565) of Lombardy.
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Beretta is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
Beretta has shown moderate susceptibility to the southeastern races of powdery mildew.
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