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    RIDDLE CANON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)play

    Synonyms:

    enigma canon; enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; riddle canon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("riddle canon" is a kind of...):

    canon (a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts)

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