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Euphonium

//juːˈfəʊnɪəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.

    "[T]hey could easily have been wearing euphoniums and woad for all the notice their quarry would have taken of them."

  2. 2
    a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos, “sweet-voiced”) + -ium.

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