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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.

Etymology

From its morphology, harmony + -phone.

Related phrases

musical instrument

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