"spike fiddle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spike fiddles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spike fiddle (plural spike fiddles)
  1. (music) Any of a number of stringed instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator and which are played with a bow. Categories (topical): Music, String instruments Hypernyms: spike lute Hyponyms: erhu, kamancheh, rebab, rubab Translations (stringed instrument): 胡琴 (húqín) (Chinese Mandarin), piikkiviulu (Finnish)

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