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horse-head fiddle

horse-head fiddle is the alternative form of horsehead fiddle.

Meaning of horsehead fiddle

Noun

horsehead fiddle (plural horsehead fiddles)

  1. Any of several Tuvan and Mongolian traditional stringed instruments, especially the igil or the morin khuur, characterized by the head of a horse being carved into its headstock.

Forms of horse-head fiddle

pluralhorse-head fiddles

Questions about horse-head fiddle

What is horse-head fiddle the alternative form of?
Horse-head fiddle is the alternative form of horsehead fiddle.

Words near horse-head fiddle in the dictionary

  1. horse-faced
  2. horse-flies
  3. horse-fly
  4. horse-godmother
  5. horse-godmothers
  6. horse-head fiddle
  7. horse-head fiddles
  8. horse-heal
  9. horse-hoarse merger
  10. horse-hung
  11. horse-jockey

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