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Definition of: timbal
(tim′btəl) noun
1. A kettledrum.
2. Entomol. The drumlike, sound–producing, folding membrane of the shrilling organ of a male cicada or harvest fly. Also spelled tymbal. [<F timbale, appar. alter. of attabale <Sp. atabal ATABAL]
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