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Answer for the clue "Scuba is acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus ", 8 letters:
aqualung

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Word definitions for aqualung in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus [syn: Aqua-Lung , scuba ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater at depth. vb. To scuba dive.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Aqualung " is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull , and the title track from their Aqualung (1971) album. The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson , and his then-wife Jennie Franks . While this track was never a single, ...

Usage examples of aqualung.

The parents say that the boy came in, stayed about a quarter of an hour, and then took his aqualung thing and went out saying he wanted to show it to someone.

Van den Bos, tanned still from his damned winter sports, perform the classic aqualung tricks.

Of course, there was still the aqualung in the back of her car, but the coast of Yucatan was too far to come back for spare equipment if anything went wrong.

We learned that another man had been with him, a man carrying an aqualung diving outfit.

Another, wearing an aqualung and mask, and carrying a long spanner, was emerging from the water.

Willie Garvin, scuba mask pushed up on his brow, an aqualung strapped to his back, the mouthpiece hanging free, one hand raised to grip the threshold of the plane, bright blue eyes pitiless and bitter.

He stripped to his underpants quickly, pulled on the aqualung and went on deck.

In the 19405 Cousteau helped invent the first aqualung, enabling humans to breathe underwater.

Then she slipped the aqualung attachment over her mouth, cranked the hatch open, and stepped into the chambered airlock.

She laughed, and struggled to hum along through her mouthpiece and the constant rush of air the aqualung forced on her.

Cave-maker, Wu thought, hearing the same sound, thinking the stream might be traveling upward, carving out an embryonic cave, a living structure with a cycle that ends in death, wondering how much trouble it would be to order a rubber dinghy, neoprene wet suit, aqualung and waterproof spotlight, dismissing the idea on the grounds he would not be here long enough to see it through.

Amsterdam he called at the sports shop and got a handful of literature about aqualungs, and a technical handout in rather difficult French from the makers.

I dropped a line over the side to make the aqualungs fast to when we were ready to come out.

Like aqualungs of death they were, those canisters, if you were a Bee Orchid or a Bluebell.

Like aqualungs of death they were, those canisters, if you were a Bee Orchid or a Bluebell.