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likembes

likembes is the plural of likembe.

Meaning of likembe

Noun

likembe (plural likembes)

  1. A musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.
    • One of the lesser pygmies had a small musical instrument in his lap, a hollowed-out box affair with small strips of metal set across a bar on top which, if I remember right, is called a "Likembe."1946, James Riddell, In the forests of the night, page 204

Questions about likembes

What is likembes the plural of?
Likembes is the plural of likembe.

Words near likembes in the dictionary

  1. likely story
  2. likelyhood
  3. likelyhoods
  4. Likelys
  5. likembe
  6. likembes
  7. likeminded
  8. likemindedness
  9. liken
  10. likenable
  11. likened

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