zylophone

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English

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Etymology

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See xylophone.

Noun

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zylophone (plural zylophones)

  1. Archaic form of xylophone.
    • 1906, George Milton Hopkins, Experimental Science:
      The zylophone and metallophone are examples of musical instruments employing free vibrating rods supported at their nodes. The zylophone consists of a series of wooden rods of different lengths []