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☆ har·moni·ca (här män′i kə)
noun
- a small wind instrument played with the mouth; mouth organ: it has a series of graduated metal reeds that vibrate and produce tones when air is blown or sucked across them
- glass harmonica
Etymology: L, fem. of harmonicus (see harmonic): name altered < earlier armonica (< It, fem. of armonico, of same orig.) by Benjamin Franklin, who developed this instrument from an earlier form
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