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ophicleide

oph·i·cleide [ óffə kld, ṓfə kld ] (plural oph·i·clei·des)


noun 
Definition:
 
old instrument resembling bass tuba: a musical instrument resembling and superseded by the bass tuba

[Mid-19th century. < French ophicléide< Greek ophis "snake" + kleid- "key"; from its resemblance to an earlier instrument called a "serpent"]
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