English Explanatory Dictionary

Marxophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers.

Word forms

Marxophone Marxophones

Etymology

From Marx + -o- + -phone, after Henry Charles Marx (1875–1947), who patented the design of its hammer mechanism.

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