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  • 21Musik — (v. gr), war bei den Griechen der Gesammtname für alle diejenigen Künste, bei denen überhaupt Ton u. Rhythmus als Darstellungsmittel dienen, die Tonkunst, Dichtkunst u. Redekunst; später bei den christlichen Völkern wurde der Name auf diejenige… …

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  • 22crotoxin — cro·tox·in (krō tŏkʹsĭn) n. A crystalline neurotoxin found in the venom of the rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.   [New Latin Crotalus, rattlesnake genus (from Latin crotalum, kind of rattle or castanet, from Greek krotalon, clapper, from krotein …

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  • 23crotalin — /kroht l in/, n. Biochem. a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins. [ < NL Crotal(us) a genus of rattlesnakes, from whose venom the protein was extracted ( < L crotalum < Gk krótalon rattle)&#8230; …

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  • 24crotal — ▪ clapper plural  crotales        percussion instrument consisting of two small metal plates or clappers (clapper) that are struck together. The krotalon (Latin crotalum) of ancient Greece and Rome was a pair of finger cymbals (cymbal) i.e.,&#8230; …

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  • 25Laïko — Music of Greece General topics Ancient • Byzantine • Néo kýma • Polyphonic&#160;song Genres Entehno • Dimotika • Hip hop • Laïko …

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  • 26crotalaria — cro·ta·lar·ia .krō tə lar ē ə, .krä n 1) cap a large genus of usu. tropical and subtropical plants of the family Leguminosae with yellow flowers and inflated pods including some containing toxic alkaloids esp. in the seeds that are poisonous to&#8230; …

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  • 27grelot — (gre lo ; le t ne se lie pas dans le parler ordinaire ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des grelo z assourdissants ; grelots rime avec repos, travaux, etc.) s. m. 1°   Petite boule de métal creuse et percée de trous, renfermant un morceau de métal&#8230; …

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  • 28NACURA seu NACHARA — NACURA, seu NACHARA apud Sanutum l. 2. part. 4. c. 20. et 21. Sint quatuor Tubatores, tibicines, tibiatores, et qui sciant pulsare Nacharas, Tympana seu Tamburla: crotalum est vel tympani species, quâ equitatum militarem per Alemanniam,&#8230; …

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  • 29ORGANICA — Musices illa pars est, quae Instrumentis peragitur, quô Musices genere qui defungirur, psallere dicitur. Nempe ore quidem canimus, fidibus vel alio Organo psallimus. Cicero Invectivâ in Catilin. 2. Pueri tam delicati non solum amare et amari,&#8230; …

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  • 30PEDICULA — Latinis videntur fuisse dicta, quae Graecis Ποδαρουλια, vel Γ῾ποπόδια, scabella, quo nomine sandalia lignea veniebant, quibus in Choris et saltationibus Veteres olim usi fuêre. Uti enim hodie in Musicis con centibus, ab eo qui reliquis una&#8230; …

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