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xylophone

noun
🔊/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/
🔊/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/
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  1. a musical instrument made of two rows of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with two small sticks木琴
     compare glockenspielTopics Musicc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from xylo- ‘of wood’ + -phone (see phone).