HARMONICA


Meaning of HARMONICA in English

härˈmänə̇kə, hȧˈ-, -nēkə noun

( -s )

Etymology: alteration (influenced by harmonic ) (I) of armonica

1. : glass harmonica

2. : an instrument of graduated strips of glass or metal struck with hammers

3. : a small rectangular wind instrument with free metallic reeds recessed in adjacent air slots along its length from which alternate tones of the scale are sounded by exhaling and inhaling and chords or single notes are produced depending on the number of slots covered by the mouth — called also mouth organ

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