He mispronounced quite common words: urticate, salpinx, bordereau. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
The Greek name for the Fallopian tube is salpinx (salpinx in Greek means tube). From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
An imitation of this wooden torch was undoubtedly the torch-case made of clay or metal in the shape of a salpinx. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Next on their list are the salpinx, a trumpet-like instrument of the Ancient Greeks, and the kithara, a type of lyre that was played in the courts of Rome and Athens. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
The long-lost sounds of the epigonion, the salpinx and the kithara could be about to form the strangest musical group yet, thanks to the world's largest physics project. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
And if we must go forth into combat, we're equipped with ` helmet '(galea, part of the skullbone) and ` sword' (xiphoid, at the end of the breastbone), ` trumpet '(salpinx, the Fallopian tubes) and ` shield' (thyroid). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference
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