ˈidēəˌfōn noun
Etymology: German idiophon, from idio- + -phon -phone
: a musical instrument (as a bell, gong, rattle) the source of whose sound is the vibration of its elastic constituent material unmodified by any special tension (as in a drum)
• id·io·phon·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|fänik adjective