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| oph·i·cleide [ óffə kld, ṓfə kld ] (plural oph·i·clei·des) |
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old instrument resembling bass tuba: a musical instrument resembling and superseded by the bass tuba
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| [Mid-19th century. < French ophicléide< Greek ophis "snake" + kleid- "key"; from its resemblance to an earlier instrument called a "serpent"] |
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