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lamellophone

lamellophone noun: any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellae attached to a sounding board.

lamellophone: any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by...
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Noun

lamellophone (plural lamellophones)

  1. Any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellae attached to a sounding board.
    Synonyms:
    linguaphone

Synonyms of lamellophone

Forms of lamellophone

plurallamellophones
alternative formlamellaphone

Questions about lamellophone

What does lamellophone mean?
Lamellophone means any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellae attached to a sounding board.
What part of speech is lamellophone?
Lamellophone is a noun.
What is the plural of lamellophone?
The plural of lamellophone is lamellophones.

Words near lamellophone in the dictionary

  1. lamellocytes
  2. lamellodisc
  3. lamellodiscs
  4. lamellogenesis
  5. lamelloid
  6. lamellophone
  7. lamellophones
  8. lamellopodia
  9. lamellopodium
  10. lamellorthoceratid
  11. lamellorthoceratids

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