plectron

NOUN
  1. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
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How To Use plectron In A Sentence

  • Kylaithis; but he couldn't even stitch a plectron to a lyre -- the other one, who lives near the house of Hermodorus, after you have left the street, was pretty good once, but he's too old, now; the late lamented Kylaithis -- may her kinsfolk never forget her -- used to patronize him. Satyricon
  • Tell me, because there are two Kerdons, one is that blue-eyed fellow, the neighbor of Myrtaline the daughter of Kylaithis; but he couldn't even stitch a plectron to a lyre -- the other one, who lives near the house of Hermodorus, after you have left the street, was pretty good once, but he's too old, now; the late lamented Kylaithis -- may her kinsfolk never forget her -- used to patronize him. The Satyricon — Complete
  • Many of these are now rare in Thailand, including green peafowl Pavo muticus, red-headed vulture Torgos calvus, Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelana, Burmese peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum, rufous-necked hornbill Aceros nipalensis and white-winged wooduck Cairina scutulata. Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
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