plectron


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Noun1.plectron - a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrumentplectron - a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
guitar pick - a plectrum used to pluck a guitar
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IF) densely setose along medial edge; and smaller subtriangular posterior article produced into long slender plectron (Fig.
"We've gone from the days of using the telephone and siren to alert firefighters, to Plectron home receivers and now to pagers that are carried on the firefighter's belt," he said.
These organs inevitably comprise two elements: the "pars stridens", a sclerotized area provided with a series of ridges referred to as "the file" or simply "the ridge" in those cases where there is only one, and the "plectron" which may be one or a series of stiff setae or pegs, sometimes called "the plectrum" or "the scraper" in the case of a single peg.