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Xyl.

Xyl. is the abbreviation of xylophone.

Meaning of xylophone

Noun

xylophone (plural xylophones)

  1. Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
    • All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

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Forms of Xyl.

pluralXyl.

Questions about Xyl.

What is Xyl. the abbreviation of?
Xyl. is the abbreviation of xylophone.

Words near Xyl. in the dictionary

  1. XY system
  2. xyelid
  3. xyelids
  4. XYL
  5. xyl-
  6. Xyl.
  7. xyla
  8. xylacine
  9. xylaloe
  10. xylaloes
  11. xylamide

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