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clavicitherium

clavicitherium is the alternative spelling of clavicytherium.

Meaning of clavicytherium

Noun

clavicytherium (plural clavicytheriums or clavicytheria)

  1. A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
    • [T]he harpſichord is an improvement of the Clavicitherium, an inſtrument known in England in Gower's time by the name of the Citole, from Cistella, a little cheſt.1776, John Hawkins, “Preliminary Discourse”, in A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, … In Five Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for T[homas] Payne and Son, at the Mews-Gate...

Forms of clavicitherium

pluralclavicitheriums
pluralclavicitheria

Questions about clavicitherium

What is clavicitherium the alternative spelling of?
Clavicitherium is the alternative spelling of clavicytherium.

Words near clavicitherium in the dictionary

  1. clavichords
  2. clavicipitaceous
  3. clavicipitoid
  4. clavicipitoids
  5. clavicitheria
  6. clavicitherium
  7. clavicitheriums
  8. clavicle
  9. clavicled
  10. clavicles
  11. clavicor

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