Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plectrum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plectrum \Plec"trum\, n.; pl. L. {Plectra}, E. Plectrums . [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plectrum
n : a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to
pluck a stringed instrument [syn: {pick}, {plectron}]
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