Usually means: Irish drum played with stick.
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  1. bodhran: Merriam-Webster
  2. bodhran: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. bodhran: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. bodhran: Dictionary.com
  8. Bodhran: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bodhran)

▸ noun:  A type of frame drum used in Irish music struck traditionally with an animal bone, or in modern times, with a piece of wood.

Similar:
bodhranist, goatskin, Irish flute, Irish bouzouki, uilleann pipes, Drumsna, drum, bodach, bohereen, Drumgoole, more...

Opposite:
string instrument, wind instrument.

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Similar:
bodhranist, goatskin, Irish flute, Irish bouzouki, uilleann pipes, Drumsna, drum, bodach, bohereen, Drumgoole, more...

Opposite:
string instrument, wind instrument.



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