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harmonica

har·mon·i·ca [ haar mónnikə ] (plural har·mon·i·cas)


noun 
Definition:
 
small wind instrument: a small musical instrument whose narrow metal case houses a set of metal reeds that are made to sound by exhaling or inhaling air past them.
See also  glass harmonica


[Mid-18th century. Via Italian armonica< Latin harmonicus (see harmonic)]
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