1
: a small tubular instrument for directing a jet of air or other gas into a flame so as to concentrate and increase the heat
2
: blowgun
3
: a tubular instrument used for revealing or cleaning a bodily cavity by forcing air into it
4
: a long metal tube on the end of which a glassmaker gathers a quantity of molten glass and through which he blows to expand and shape it
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The buck was given a low dose of tranquilizer, Tarbox said, delivered from a blowpipe.
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
Guests can learn to weave, hunt with a blowpipe, and fish sustainably with poisonous roots, but there are also opportunities to teach in the local school.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2018
At his workstation, Horton rests the blowpipe's midsection on a metal arm.
—C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2016
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
Guests can learn to weave, hunt with a blowpipe, and fish sustainably with poisonous roots, but there are also opportunities to teach in the local school.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2018
At his workstation, Horton rests the blowpipe's midsection on a metal arm.
—C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2016
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blowpipe
noun
blow·pipe
ˈblō-ˌpīp 
: a tubular instrument used in anatomy and zoology for revealing or cleaning a bodily cavity by forcing air into it
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