Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See clavicitherium.
Examples
“The clavicytherium was usually a very small instrument, -- an oblong box, three or four feet in length, that could be lifted by a girl of fourteen.”
“The site also includes images of musical instruments (clavicytherium and serpent) located in the Moravian Historical Society.”
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Bethlehem Digital History Project
“The invention of keys permitted the strings to be covered over, and therefore the strings of the clavicytherium were enclosed _in_ a box, instead of being stretched _on_”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clavicytherium’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Old, odd, or rare Western musical Ins...
preferably never listed or listed once or twice
clavicytherium, cymbalom, crumhorn, chitarrone, tromba marina, marine trumpet, lira da braccio, lirone, portative organ, positive organ, vielle, organistrum and 12 more...
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•Dinosaurs that weren't, but should h...
piscidactyl, legosaurus, monodactyl, bigassmealontheho..., opensaurus, hacksaurus, phelpsasaurus, nastiasaur, clavicytherium, compusaurus, textodactyl, pterostegoraptor and 55 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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string alongs (and shorts too)
string instruments and instrumentation
zither, guitar, bouzouki, rebec, violin, cithara, fiddle, fidicinal, twang, fret, gadulka, maqui and 54 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for clavicytherium.
bilby I had you earmarked for Grufflesnuff. Aug 18, 2011
ruzuzu Well, I hear Muffinclaw's cribbage team isn't that great this year anyway. Aug 18, 2011
sionnach I was hoping to get into Muffinclaw, but the damned sorting knickers kicked me straight to Clavicytherium with all the other "specially gifted" droogs. Aug 18, 2011
jmjarmstrong JM knows that one day he will find see a clavicytherium and be able to spell it. Feb 14, 2011
elisheba was actually a medieval keyboard instrument... but definitely a musical dinosaur :-D Sep 1, 2008