Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fallopian tube.
- noun The eustachian tube.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient Greek military trumpet of metal having a straight, flaring tube. It was used for signals. Compare the Roman tuba (
tuba , 4). - noun A Fallopian tube.
- noun A Eustachian tube, or syrinx.
- noun [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of lepidopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Anat.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy
Fallopian tube - noun anatomy
Eustachian tube
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tube in the uterus or the ear
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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An ancient music critic, Aristides Quintilianus, calls the salpinx “a warlike and terrifying instrument,” “masculine” and “vehement.”
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An ancient music critic, Aristides Quintilianus, calls the salpinx “a warlike and terrifying instrument,” “masculine” and “vehement.”
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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The salpinx ranged from two and a half to about five feet long: the salpinx was hardly handy, but it was certainly loud.
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A salpinx from fifth century B.C. Greece has been found: its cylinder consists of thirteen parts made of ivory, while its bell and mouthpiece are made of bronze.
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Homer compares the sound of the salpinx to the terrible cry of Achilles.
luthien13 commented on the word salpinx
Pronounced \ˈsal(ˌ)piŋ(k)s\
July 17, 2017