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plectrum

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Noun
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plec=trum

CIDE DICTIONARY

plectrumn. [L., fr. Gr. anything to strike with, fr. to strike.].
     A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plectrum, n. (pl. plectrums or plectra)
1 a thin flat piece of plastic or horn etc. held in the hand and used to pluck a string, esp. of a guitar.
2 the corresponding mechanical part of a harpsichord etc.

Etymology
L f. Gk plektron f. plesso strike

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