Definition of "tymbal" []

• Variant of timbal. (noun)

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• "Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, says they make that sound by vibrating an organ on the side of their thorax called a tymbal."
• "Do Thou that wast born of the Virgin, drown in the depth of impassivity the triformity of my soul -- those mighty strongholds, I implore Thee, that in the mortification of flesh as on a tymbal I may melodize a triumphant hymn unto Thee."
• "Aside from China, Russia's prime minister Vladimir Putin recently argued that explain, the most distinctive feature of the whole family is a tymbal organ on the metathorax."