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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 how·it·zer /ˈhaʊətsɚ/
 榴彈炮

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 How·itz·er n.  Mil. (a) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. [Obs.] (b) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 howitzer
      n : a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that
          fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: mortar,
           trench mortar]