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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small wind instrument, resembling the recorder or clarinet, used in elementary music education.

   "Then he and Bob had to put off playing detective until they practiced on their flutophones."

Example

More examples

"Then he and Bob had to put off playing detective until they practiced on their flutophones."

Etymology

From flute + -o- + -phone; possibly originally a trademark.

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