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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METALLOPHONE

METALLOPHONE Me *tal "lo *phone, n. [L. metallum metal + Gr. sound. ] (Music ) (a ) An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. (b ) An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metallophone

metallophone |mɪˈtalə (ʊ )fəʊn, ˈmɛt (ə )lə (ʊ )-| noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by striking metal bars of varying pitches.

 

Oxford Dictionary

metallophone

metallophone |mɪˈtalə (ʊ )fəʊn, ˈmɛt (ə )lə (ʊ )-| noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by striking metal bars of varying pitches.