OCARINA

ocarina, sweet potato

(noun) egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ocarina (plural ocarinas)

(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

Anagrams

• Aaronic

Source: Wiktionary


Oc`a*ri"na, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.)

Definition: A kind of small simple wind instrument.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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