gui|tar

gui|tar
gui|tar «guh TAHR», noun.
a musical instrument usually having six strings, played with the fingers or with a pick. It belongs to the same class as the lute.
[< French guitare < Spanish guitarra < Greek kithára cithara. See etym. of doublets cithara (Cf.cithara), zither. (Cf.zither)]
gui|tar´like´, adjective.

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