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pipa

[pee-pah]

noun

a short-necked fretted lute of Chinese origin.

Origin:
1840–50; < Chinese píba or pípa lute (literally, loquat, which it resembles in shape)

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pipa (ˈpiːpə)

—n
	a tongueless South American toad, Pipa pipa, that carries its young in pits in the skin of its back

[C18: from Surinam dialect, probably of African origin]

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