Guiro
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If allowed to thoroughly dry out, the pulp in the gourd evaporates, leaving only the hard, dried seeds inside. When shaken, such a gourd rattles - the basis of the percussion instrument called the "maraca".
The guiro is a hand-held hollow percussion instrument made out of wood or from a gourd. It originated in Latin America and comes in a variety of long shapes. One of the shapes looks like a fish so the instrument is often referred to as "the fish."
An oboe is a woodwind instrument (the reed is made of wood)
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A gourd is made out of a hollowed out plant, aptly named 'a gourd.'