Definition of "salpinx" []

• The fallopian tube. (noun)
• The eustachian tube. (noun)

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• "An ancient music critic, Aristides Quintilianus, calls the salpinx “a warlike and terrifying instrument,” “masculine” and “vehement.”"
• "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."
• "The salpinx ranged from two and a half to about five feet long: the salpinx was hardly handy, but it was certainly loud."