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Definition of Blowgun

Blowgun
Blowgun Blow"gun`, n. A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.

Meaning of Blowgun from wikipedia

- A blowgun (also called a blowpipe or blow tube) is a simple ranged weapon consisting of a long narrow tube for shooting light projectiles such as darts...
- shed only a trace of blood. Blowgun Bushman poison (disambiguation) Fire Arrow ****iya, ****anese blowgun Loire style blowgun (French page) "Curare". Archived...
- and arrow Crossbow Bullet-shooting crossbow Slingshot Slings Boomerang Blowgun Shuriken Chakram Firearm Taser Ballistic knife Chain weapons Whips Ropes...
- in Sulgen, Switzerland. There are several competition styles of sport blowgun practised around the world. A standardization of competition style is based...
- themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves from the circling bats. Hunahpu stuck his head out of his blowgun to see if the sun had risen...
- boar/hogs, that are preying on or displacing desirable native species. Shorter blowguns and smaller bore darts were used for varmint hunting by pre-adolescent...
- be propelled by hand or with the aid of a hand-held implement such as a blowgun. They can be distinguished from arrows because they are not used with a...
- (pronounced [hunaxˈpu]) is usually understood as Hun-ahpub 'One-Blowgunner', the blowgun characterizing the youthful hero as a hunter of birds.[citation...
- The ****iya (吹き矢) is the ****anese blowgun, as well as the term for the ****ociated sport. It consists of a 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tube, with darts approximately...
- Sumpit and sumpitan are general terms for blowguns, usually tipped with iron spearheads, used for hunting and warfare in the islands of the Philippines...