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adjectivehaving the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl
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adjectiveof a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
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Definition that contains plucked
- harp a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- lute chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
- twang a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- koto Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
- harpsichord a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- pizzicato (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
- cembalo a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots