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finger cymbals
  • n  a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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finger grass
  • n  grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
  • n  any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
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finger hole
  • n  one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
  • n  a hole for inserting a finger
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finger lakes
  • n  a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction
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finger millet
  • n  East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
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finger plate
  • n  a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
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finger scan
  • n  biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
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