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MARACA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maraca mean?
• MARACA (noun)
The noun MARACA has 1 sense:
1. a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs
Familiarity information: MARACA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("maraca" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
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