"skull drum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skull drums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skull drum (plural skull drums)
  1. A drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls. Categories (topical): Percussion instruments

Inflected forms

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