"talking drum" meaning in English

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          "name": "Percussion instruments",
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          "word": "talking drummer"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 209",
          "text": "Two men, bowed over, were beating a tune on hourglass-shaped talking drums.",
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        "Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides."
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          "pitch"
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          "side",
          "side"
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        "(music) Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "傳訊鼓"
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          "roman": "chuánxùngǔ",
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          "word": "传讯鼓"
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          "word": "viidakkorumpu"
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  "word": "talking drum"
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        "Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides."
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        "(music) Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides."
      ],
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      "word": "傳訊鼓"
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      "word": "传讯鼓"
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      "word": "viidakkorumpu"
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  "word": "talking drum"
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