n. [ F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine. ] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]