SUMPITAN

Etymology

Noun

sumpitan (plural sumpitans)

A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, used by indigenous peoples of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Anagrams

• map units, putanism

Source: Wiktionary


Sum"pi*tan, n.

Definition: A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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