blowgun

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: blow=gun

CIDE DICTIONARY

blowgun, n. 

 A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow (sometimes poisoned) 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blowgun, n. US = BLOWPIPE.

THESAURUS

blowgun

automatic, bellows, blower, blowpipe, blowtube, firearm, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, musket, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter