Plectrum

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.

2.NounA projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.

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