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Meaning
Noun
●
In Music & Musical instruments:
A small
piece
of
plastic
,
metal
,
ivory
, etc; for
plucking
the
strings
of a
guitar
,
lyre
,
mandolin
, etc.
●
In Anatomy & Zoology:
A
projection
of
bone
or other
stiff
tissue
, such as the
ridges
in some
insects
'
stridulatory
organs.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
plectrum
English
plectrum
Latin
πλήκτρον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
πλήσσειν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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