Har·mon·i·ca n.
1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones; it is now called the glass harmonica, to distinguish it from the common harmonica, formerly called the harmonicon.
2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
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