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violin

vi.o.lin \.vi--*-'lin\ n [It violino, dim. of viola] 1: a bowed stringed 
   instrument with four strings tuned at intervals of a fi fth distinguished 
   from the viol in having a shallower body, shoulders at right angles with 
   the neck, and a more curved bridge 2: VIOLINIST