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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.]
     Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or
     the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;
     harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical
     instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Musical box, or Music box, a box or case containing
        apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes
        automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up
        spring mechanism or by batteries.
  
     Musical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under
        water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
  
     Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and
        arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical
        notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  musical box
       n : produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that
           strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate [syn: music
           box]

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  musical box
     n.
     (lb en musical instrument) Any of various devices that play tunes by
  means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or
  pluck metal teeth; a music box.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  musical box
     n.
     (lb en musical instrument) Any of various devices that play tunes by
  means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or
  pluck metal teeth; a music box.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  musical box
     n.
     (lb en musical instrument) Any of various devices that play tunes by
  means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or
  pluck metal teeth; a music box.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  musical box /mjˈuːzɪkəl bˈɒks/
  hudební automat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  musical box /mjˈuːzɪkəl bˈɒks/
   [Br.] Spieldose , Spieluhr 
     Synonym: music box
  
   see: musical boxes, music boxes
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  musical box /mjˈuːzɪkəl bˈɒks/ 
  1. संगीत पेटी
        "The musician has a musical box with him."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  musical box /mjˈuːzɪkəl bˈɒks/
  zenélôdoboz

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  musical box /mjuːziklbɔks/
  muziekdoos

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