Meaning Of The Word Ophicleide

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ophicleide in American English
an early brass instrument consisting of a long tube doubled back on itself, with keys for fingering
noun: a musical wind instrument, a development of the old wooden serpent, consisting of a conical metal tube bent double

ophicleide in British English
noun: an obsolete keyed wind instrument of bass pitch

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