Samisen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
samisen
    n 1: a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a
         long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a
         rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum [syn:
         {samisen}, {shamisen}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Samisen \Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.)
   A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling
   a guitar or banjo.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "samisen":
      Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika,
      banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke,
      bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar,
      guitar, lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin,
      mandolute, mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, sitar, steel guitar,
      tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele
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