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A primitive weapon consisting of a long tube through which an arrow or dart is propelled by force of the breath.
‘I've hunted successfully with ‘stick’ bows, blowguns, boomerangs, and slingshots.’
‘One drew a small blowgun and fired small, poisoned darts at them.’
‘Spaniards enlisted Choco Indians in the counteroffensive with their feared poison-dart blowguns from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia.’
‘Just before he gets trampled, a gaggle of natives open fire with their blowguns and drop the ape-ette.’
‘In addition to basketry, river cane is also used to make blowguns for some traditional hunters - who still use the weapons to kill small game, like squirrels - and for tourists, who buy them as souvenirs.’
‘With instinctual ease, he snatched up his blowgun, loaded it with a dart and shot forth one of the poison-tipped projectiles.’
‘But there was something odd about the way that first fellow held his hand when he headed over your way, and I've seen those little blowguns before.’
‘She collapsed the blowgun into a tube as long as her hand and put it in her purse.’
‘Leite used a blowgun and darts to sedate the dog for an hour while they fitted it with a radio collar and recorded identifying information - male, 18 pounds, slightly bigger than a gray fox.’
‘They also craft blowguns and spears for hunting game.’
‘This one is from Cleveland, where two fliers tried to carry on a blowgun with darts and a bullwhip.’
‘But instead of pouncing on you, the stout yet nimble form leaps clear overhead - knocking the blowgun from your hands and bending it in half in the process.’
‘Shamans say its very breath has power, and that the sound it utters when it gasps can send poisoned darts flying, as from a blowgun.’
‘Boys are skillful with slingshots and blowguns in hunting small birds.’
‘They use blowguns and darts dipped in a type of poison called curare, which instantly paralyzes an animal.’
‘Dutch interest in monopolizing spice production in the East Indies led them to wage war against the Macassarese, whose weaponry included blowguns that shot poison-tipped darts.’
‘The deadly poison ricin was stored, with a blowgun and darts, in a plastic bag in the family room.’
‘She motioned to her sister, who removed a small blowgun from the pouch at her waist.’
‘Oh well, until I start taking a blowgun to work with some strong tranquilizers, I guess they are just two of the sour points of the job I need to endure.’
‘They are important to local people, who rely on various species for edible fruits, building materials, even the darts used with blowguns.’