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marimbaphone.

A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From marimba + -phone.

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