Blowdart

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dart fired from a blowpipe or blowgun.

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"Michael Jarvis is a virologist at Plymouth University in England who helped develop the primate vaccine, which would be delivered to wild apes by a blowdart."

Etymology

From blow + dart.

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