tympani
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Tym·pa·no n.; pl. Tympani Mus. A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also timpano.]
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tympani
n : a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument
with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the
tension on it [syn: kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, timpani]