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koto (kō′tō)

noun

a Japanese musical instrument of the zither family, with a rectangular body and seven to thirteen waxed silk strings

Etymology: Jpn, a generic term for zitherlike stringed instruments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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