tintinnabulum

tintinnabulum
tin·tin·nab·u·lum (tĭn'tĭ-năbʹyə-ləm) n. pl. tin·tin·nab·u·la (-lə)
A small, tinkling bell.
  [Middle English, from Latin tintinnābulum, from tintinnāre, to jingle, reduplication of tinnīre, to ring, of imitative origin.]

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