maraca

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

maraca
    n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd
         containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "maraca":
      battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers,
      crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong,
      handbells, idiophone, lyra, marimba, metallophone,
      orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions,
      percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam,
      tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes,
      vibraphone, xylophone